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Compliance & Regulation

SuperStream could create SMSF contributions issue

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

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

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

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

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

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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Insurance, Retirement, Strategy

Life cover paid from pension can be TBC bonus

Holding life insurance cover inside an SMSF and funding the premiums from a reversionary account-based pension can give a surviving spouse the ability to establish an income stream well in excess of the $1.6 million dictated by the transfer balance cap (TBC), a technical manager has said.

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Residential Property

DomaCom gets Federal Court victory

Fractional property investment house DomaCom has had the full Federal Court hand down a favourable decision with regard to the leasing to a related party of a property held in a sub-fund where an SMSF is the owner of units in the sub-fund.

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ETFs, Fixed Income, International Shares

Industry’s best recognised

The 2018 SMSF Service Provider Awards, co-hosted by smstrusteenews and research house CoreData, have given trustees the opportunity to acknowledge the firms considered to have provided the best offerings in the sector throughout the year.

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Commercial Property, Residential Property

Property looking good in Parramatta

RiskWise Property Research has forecast solid capital growth in the medium to long-term for property located in Parramatta despite a recent downturn in the Sydney real estate market.

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