Articles by Darin Tyson-Chan

Total super balance key TBAR timing factor

January 9, 2018

The total super balance of the individual members of an SMSF is the determining factor of how often a particular fund will have to complete a transfer balance account report (TBAR), rather than the total super balance of the member who is drawing a pension.

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Compliance & Regulation

Relaxed TBAR regime welcomed

December 8, 2017

Darin Tyson-Chan & Krystine Lumanta

The SMSF community has expressed its approval of the announcement from the ATO as to what the rules governing total account balance reporting (TBAR) for superannuation funds will be.

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Strategy

Pre-emptive strike on questionable strategies

December 8, 2017

Darin Tyson-Chan

The ATO’s warning on risky retirement planning arrangements, made recently as part of its Super Scheme Smart initiative, was carried out to prevent SMSF trustees from falling foul of these arrangements before they gained any market momentum, according to one of the regulator’s senior officials.

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Absolute Return

SMSF investors must increase focus on outcomes

November 11, 2017

Darin Tyson-Chan

SMSF trustees and fund managers alike need to pay more attention to the investment outcomes they are trying to achieve and not be distracted by the underlying elements being used to achieve the result, a global investment executive has said.

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Residential Property

Residential vacancy rates continue to slide

November 11, 2017

Darin Tyson-Chan

The latest residential property data released by SQM Research has shown vacancy rates dropped across the country in August.

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Absolute Return, Commercial Property

New commercial property fund from Spire

November 9, 2017

Darin Tyson-Chan

Independent boutique fund manager Spire Capital has announced plans to launch a United States commercial office fund in the Australian investor market.

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ATO

ATO scrutinising all unit trust investments

November 9, 2017

Darin Tyson-Chan

The ATO is in the process of examining all SMSF investments in unit trusts as part of its compliance activities regarding related-party transactions, a technical expert has revealed.

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LICs

Spheria unveils small and micro-cap LIC

November 9, 2017

Darin Tyson-Chan

Spheria Asset Management has launched a listed investment company (LIC), Spheria Emerging Companies Limited, to provide investors with access to small and micro-cap stocks in the Australian and New Zealand listed equity markets.

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Residential Property

Residential vacancy rates level off

November 9, 2017

Darin Tyson-Chan

The latest statistics published by investment research house SQM Research showed vacancy rates for residential properties around the country remained steady at 2.2 per cent in September.

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ATO, Compliance & Regulation

Non-lodgement culprits on last notice

November 9, 2017

Darin Tyson-Chan

In the coming months the ATO will be increasing its activity against the most serious and common compliance breach, being SMSFs with significant balances that have continually failed to lodge an annual return.

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