Articles by Tia Thomas

Superannuation

Director ID process underway

SMSF director identification

Registered directors of a corporate SMSF trustee can now apply for a director identification number, but time restrictions apply.

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ETFs

Vanguard introduces additional automation

Vanguard automated investments

Vanguard has launched an automated scheduled investment feature for its Personal Investor platform to make the process easier for regular investors.

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Documentation

E-signatures restricted to specific documents

electronic signatures SMSF

Despite government moves to allow the use of electronic signatures, their application in the SMSF space will still be fairly limited.

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ASIC

ASIC shuts down Gold Coast firm

ASIC A One Multi

ASIC has moved to shut down an unlicensed financial services business it claims misused funds from SMSFs for its own benefit.

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Residential Property

Rental properties in short supply

Residential rental properties

The number of residential properties available to be rented has reduced significantly, driven by a decrease in the participation of investors in the market.

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Investments

Fund managers must address greenwashing

investment greenwashing

Calls have been made for fund managers to improve their responsible investing processes to eliminate greenwashing from the industry.

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ATO

COVID-19 relief measures extended

COVID-19 relief ATO

The ATO has extended the COVID-19 compliance relief measures, confirming they will apply to SMSFs for the 2022 financial year as well.

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Investments

Local private company fund launched

Naos private company fund

Naos Asset Management has launched a managed fund that will invest in domestic private businesses primed for long-term growth.

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Australian Shares, Technology

Warning over social media market manipulation

social media stock

ASIC has warned market manipulation tactics on social media platforms to coordinate ‘pump and dump’ activity in listed stocks can be considered illegal trading activity.

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Investments

Asia-Pacific dividend fund launched

Asia-Pacific dividend fund

A boutique investment manager has launched a fund focused on companies in the Asia-Pacific region that can sustain and grow dividend distributions.

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