Articles by Malavika Santhebennur

Compliance & Regulation, Strategy

Six-member SMSF bill may be passed pre-election

The federal government is likely feeling confident its six-member SMSF bill will pass through parliament, given it was introduced last week, an SMSF expert has suggested. 

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Residential Property

Residential listings pick up after holidays

Residential property listings bounced back in February across most capital cities according to SQM Research.

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Compliance & Regulation

Court restrains property spruiker from operating

An unlicensed financial services organisation and its sole director have been restrained from their business activities.

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Compliance & Regulation, Investments

Franking credit proposal fails policy test

Labor’s imputation refund proposal fails the public policy test on four grounds and will drive investors on to welfare, retirees have heard.

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Residential Property

Jan residential property listings unusually high

Research figures have shown residential property listings did not experience their usual substantial dip in January.

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Compliance & Regulation

Triennial audit cycle unlikely

The likelihood of legislation for the three-year audit cycle for some SMSFs passing through Parliament under the current federal government is low given the likelihood the next election will be held in May, according to an SMSF expert. Smarter SMSF chief executive Aaron Dunn said the industry is yet to see any draft legislation on […]

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ETFs

SelfWealth set to launch new ETF

Online broker SelfWealth has announced it has secured $100 million in seed funding from Graham Tuckwell’s ETFS Capital to launch a new exchange-traded fund (ETF), the SMSF Leaders ETF. The SelfWealth SMSF Leaders ETF is expected to list on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in the first quarter of 2019. The product’s portfolio is based […]

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Compliance & Regulation, Residential Property

ALP changes to hit current property investors hard

Research house RiskWise has disputed the federal opposition’s claims its proposed changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax (CGT) will not impact on existing investors as the measures will be grandfathered.

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ETFs, Fixed Income

Fixed income active ETF to target SMSFs

BetaShares and Legg Mason have launched Australia’s first fixed income active exchange-traded fund (ETF), which will target SMSFs and other retail investors.

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Residential Property

National vacancy rate lowest since 2014

The latest SQM Research data shows the national residency vacancy rate fell to just 2 per cent in October, its lowest level since March 2014.

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