Articles by Darin Tyson-Chan

Investments

Colchester fund gets ‘recommended’ rating

colchester zenith rating

Research house Zenith has awarded the Colchester Emerging Markets Bond Fund a ‘recommended’ rating.

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Commercial Property, Residential Property

TBC has business real property implications

transfer balance cap property

Holding business real property inside an SMSF may not be as advantageous as previously perceived prior to the implementation of the super reforms.

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Residential Property

Residential property listings drop in July

Residential property listings

Residential property listings fell by 2.8 per cent in July, according to the latest figures from SQM Research.

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Investments

Three Clime funds get strong SQM rating

Clime rating SQM

SQM research has awarded a superior rating for three wealth offerings from Clime Investment Management.

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Business news

Sector angst over admin penalties

SMSF administrative penalties

Recent events indicate the ATO has changed its approach to issuing SMSF administrative penalties for legislative breaches, with the development raising sector concerns.

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Residential Property

Vacancy rates increase slightly

vacancy rates

Vacancy rates for residential properties across capital cities increased by 0.1 percentage points in June as indicated by the latest SQM Research data.

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ETFs

Index ETFs the better performers

Index ETFs outperform active

Index exchange-traded funds generated greater returns than their actively managed counterparts over the past year, according the latest market research.

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Investments

La Trobe unveils short-medium-term yield product

La Trobe yield product

La Trobe Financial has released a new product designed to improve investor yield in a low interest rate environment.

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ATO, Compliance & Regulation

ATO developing online trustee test

online SMSF trustee test

The ATO is developing a mandatory awareness program to help ensure SMSF trustees have a better understanding of their obligations before they begin running their own super fund.

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Superannuation, Tax

Super taxes won’t be reviewed

taxation of retirement benefits

The federal government has indicated the review it will conduct into the superannuation system will not examine the taxation of retirement benefits.

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