Articles by Krystine Lumanta

ETFs

New AMP Capital ETF offer targets SMSFs

June 6, 2016

AMP Capital has entered into a partnership with exchange-traded fund (ETF) issuer BetaShares and in the coming months will launch an initial three exchange-traded managed funds suitable for SMSF trustees and self-directed investors.

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Investments

Defensive assets will be key 2016 theme

May 10, 2016

Krystine Lumanta

Defensive asset classes have been marked as the segment to watch, with more flows and demand expected from SMSF trustees in the next 12 months following continued market volatility.

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Investments

iShares Core bolsters portfolio foundation

May 10, 2016

Krystine Lumanta

BlackRock believes SMSF trustees will see the appeal of its new proposition, iShares Core, which comprises two new exchange-traded funds (ETF).

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Compliance & Regulation

Major contribution changes delivered in budget

May 10, 2016

Krystine Lumanta & Daniel Paperny

Treasurer Scott Morrison’s first budget contains a string of changes to superannuation tax concessions and contributions aimed at making Australia’s super system “more fiscally sustainable” and reducing the reliance on the age pension.

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Residential Property

Joyce calls for more domestic property super support

April 6, 2016

Krystine Lumanta

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce believes superannuation funds should engage in buying Australian property to halt the loss of local land assets to foreign residents.

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Insurance

MyPlanner offers SMSFs group insurance

April 6, 2016

Krystine Lumanta

Independent licensee MyPlanner Australia will now offer an insurance solution to SMSFs through a new partnership with AIA Australia and AGI.

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Business news, Compliance & Regulation

Call to link super to Intergenerational Report

April 6, 2016

Krystine Lumanta

Superannuation must be detached from the short-term budget cycle and instead linked to a review and assessment process, such as the government’s Intergenerational Report, in order to minimise frequent changes to the system, a sector executive has said.

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Compliance & Regulation

ASIC halts false SMSF ads on social media

April 6, 2016

Krystine Lumanta

The corporate watchdog has cracked down on three instances of potentially misleading SMSF advertising on social media.

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ATO, Compliance & Regulation

ATO lists priorities for future SMSF experience

March 1, 2016

Krystine Lumanta

The ATO has announced a number of priority outcomes for the SMSF sector, including digitising parts of the SMSF process, to be delivered as part of its reinvention over the next four years.

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Strategy

SuperConcepts to launch trustee resource

March 1, 2016

Krystine Lumanta

AMP’s SMSF business arm, SuperConcepts, has revealed it will ramp up its education efforts for SMSF trustees via a new online capability to be launched next month.

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