Articles by Jason Spits

Residential Property

Property lender enters SMSF market

Bluestone SMSF loan

A specialist residential property lender has released a new product offering loans of up to $1.5 million to corporate trustee SMSFs.

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Fixed Income

New annuity rate from Challenger

annuity rate Challenger

Challenger has released a new guaranteed fixed term annuity rate reflecting a 3 per cent increase for retirees over the past 12 months.

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Superannuation

Govt super agenda outlined

government superannuation agenda

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has outlined key areas for change in the superannuation sector, but has appeared to contradict one of his colleagues with his comments.

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Economy

Key changes precede market bottoming

investment markets lowest point

Large-scale economic rebalancing has still to take place before it can be said investment markets have reached their lowest point.

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Fixed Income

Bond benchmark hides opportunities

fixed income benchmark

The benchmark for fixed income investment performance is very narrow and obscures other opportunities open to investors.

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Contributions

Govt tables downsizer age reduction

downsizer age reduction

Legislation to further reduce the eligibility age to make downsizer contributions has been introduced into parliament only weeks after a similar change commenced.

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Residential Property

Inflation increase outstrips rent rises

inflation rent

Inflation has increased at twice the rate of rent rates across Australia over the past decade, forcing property investors to leave the sector.

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Business news

SMSFs involved in more industry complaints

SMSFs AFCA complaints

The increased use of SMSFs has led to a rise in complaints to AFCA, according to a senior ombudsman with the dispute resolution body.

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Investments

Barriers to private equity falling

private equity investment

Long-term SMSF investors may find private equity investments, which are becoming more accessible to them, well suited to their needs for returns without volatility.

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Business news

ECPI calculation method flexible

ECPI calculation method

SMSFs are not locked in to using the same exempt current pension income (ECPI) calculation method each year and can freely switch as it suits them.

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