News

Disregarded small fund asset awareness needed for ECPI

November 7, 2018

SMSF trustees need to consider the new rules pertaining to disregarded small fund assets when assessing whether an actuarial certificate will be needed to claim exempt current pension income (ECPI), an industry technical expert has said.

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ETFs, International Shares

BetaShares unveils global income ETF

November 7, 2018

Malavika Santhebennur

BetaShares has launched its Global Income Leaders ETF, providing SMSF investors with exposure to a diversified portfolio of 100 companies, ex-Australia.

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Residential Property

Capital housing markets a mixed bag

November 7, 2018

Malavika Santhebennur

The Australian national housing market was mixed in September, with Hobart experiencing an “extreme shortage” of rental accommodation while other cities had a surplus of rental properties.

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Compliance & Regulation

Inquiry to probe scrapping franking credit refunds

October 9, 2018

Malavika Santhebennur

The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics has announced an inquiry into the impact of removing refundable franking credits.

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Compliance & Regulation

SuperStream could create SMSF contributions issue

October 9, 2018

Krystine Lumanta

The extension of SuperStream to SMSFs will be a positive development for rollovers, however, the inclusion of contributions will be problematic, a technical expert has warned. At the recent Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand 2018 National SMSF Conference, SuperConcepts technical services and education general manager Peter Burgess said the draft regulations seek to remove […]

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Investments

All Ordinaries index not most useful

October 9, 2018

Darin Tyson-Chan

The monitoring of Australian equities performance can be performed in a more meaningful manner by using an alternative measure to the All Ordinaries Index, a leading economist has suggested.

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Strategy

Fidelity embarks on active ETF strategy

October 9, 2018

Darin Tyson-Chan

International fund manager Fidelity has implemented a strategy to introduce a series of active exchange-traded funds into the market with the express view of assisting SMSF investors achieve better portfolio diversification.

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Business news

Intergenerational estate planning requires varied pension strategy

October 9, 2018

Darin Tyson-Chan

Trustees should look to use a dual pension arrangement to achieve better intergenerational estate planning outcomes within their SMSFs, a strategy specialist has proposed.

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Strategy

Infrastructure investments must avoid sovereign risk

October 9, 2018

Darin Tyson-Chan

SMSF trustees looking to invest in infrastructure via a fund manager must examine the nature of the underlying assets in the portfolio to ensure they are not exposed to sovereign risk, according to a specialist investment house.

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Investments

Bond universe bigger than shares

October 9, 2018

Darin Tyson-Chan

The size of the global bond market compared to the global equities market suggests it has the ability to offer SMSF trustees a wider variety of opportunities to invest in companies and governments, a fixed income manager has said.

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