Articles by Jason Spits

Australian Shares, Investments

Look for change to find mispriced stocks

mispriced stocks

Most stocks are fairly priced so investors should be looking for companies undergoing change to find mispriced investment opportunities.

read more
Investments

Small-cap sector lagging on ESG reporting

small-cap ESG

The level of ESG reporting from small-cap companies needs to improve and more firms are responding to investor interest in this area.

read more
Superannuation

Savings limited from ECPI rule change

savings ECPI changes

The cost savings for SMSFs no longer having to use an actuarial certificate to calculate fund income are likely to be small, not open to all funds and offset by other costs.

read more
Australian Shares, International Shares

Low rates make shares only game in town

low interest rates shares

Low interest rates mean investors should be considering shares as the only real income and growth vehicle still available to them for the foreseeable future.

read more
Infrastructure

Look overseas for infrastructure options

overseas infrastructure

Ongoing consolidation in the Australian essential infrastructure sector can be offset by investing in the growing international market.

read more
Residential Property

Property value growth hits 20-year peak

property value growth

The rate of increase in the value of Australian housing has hit a 20-year high even as monthly growth has softened recently.

read more
Fixed Income, Investments

Global recovery creates bond value

global recovery bonds

The outlook for yields from global bonds remains positive off the back of the recovery of investment markets, but COVID variants could derail that view.

read more
Direct Domestic Shares, Investments

Bank dividends underestimated

bank dividends

Australian banks are in a good position to grow their earnings and therefore pay dividends after protecting themselves from the worst of last year’s downturn.

read more
Business news

Leading service providers named

service provider awards

Smstrusteenews and research house CoreData have announced the winners of the SMSF Service Provider Awards 2021, which were presented during a recent online event.

read more
ATO, Compliance & Regulation

ABR updated to allow six-member funds

ABR six member

Updates to the Australian Business Register (ABR) to allow the creation of six-member SMSFs are complete and will replace an interim process offered by the ATO.

read more

Our Story

selfmanagedsuper is the definitive publication covering Australia’s SMSF sector. It uniquely offers online content tailored separately for SMSF professionals and individual trustees participating in the fastest growing and largest sector of the superannuation industry. As such, it is a must read for those wanting to stay informed about the latest news, regulatory developments, technical strategies, investments, compliance, legal and administration issues concerning SMSFs.

Copyright © SMS Trustee News 2024

ABN 80 159 769 034

Benchmark Media

WordPress website development by DMC Web.