Articles by Darin Tyson-Chan

Investments

Private equity can boost returns

private equity

Allocations to private equities can provide a much-needed return boost to portfolios and should be considered given some current market trends.

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ATO, Documentation

Tougher SAR stance applied

SMSF annual return enforcement

SMSF trustees who are failing to meet their legal obligation of lodging their fund’s annual return are to face new ATO enforcement procedures.

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ATO

Work test can be officially monitored

superannuation work test

The ATO has the ability to determine if people over the age of 66 who have made personal super contributions have satisfied the required work test.

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International Shares, Investments

Don’t ignore quality stocks

growth value stocks

Quality equities should not be disregarded in the debate on whether growth or value stocks currently offer the best investment opportunities.

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Compliance & Regulation, Superannuation

Trustees largely overlook new duty

financial interest duty

Trustees seem to have been slow in adopting measures to document how they are considering complying with the best financial interest duty.

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ATO

Super Fund Lookup revised

Super Fund Lookup ATO

A new procedure is now being applied to newly established SMSFs and how the ATO reflects their status on the Super Fund Lookup website.

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Superannuation

Cashless rollovers SuperStream exempt

SuperStream rollovers

Unlike cash superannuation rollovers, those involving in specie asset transfers do not have to be executed via the SuperStream system for SMSFs.

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Investments

Market correction preparation needed

SMSF market correction

SMSF investors have been advised to revisit their equities holdings in anticipation of a market correction forecast to occur in the short term.

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NALI/NALE

Pro bono work not automatically NALE

pro bono services NALE

The provision of pro bono services to an SMSF is not automatically outlawed by the NALE rules as defined by the ATO in LCG 2012/2.

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International Shares

Indirect China risk requires perspective

china risk

The indirect China risk of a particular shareholding must be assessed in a specific fashion and should not lead investors to ignore the strengths of a particular company’s fundamentals.

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