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Compliance & Regulation

Major contribution changes delivered in budget

&
Detour signs.

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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ETFs

VanEck adds two new ETFs

Asset manager VanEck has released two new exchange-traded funds (ETF) on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).

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Compliance & Regulation

ATO issues LRBA compliance guidelines

The ATO has issued guidelines defining the compliance obligations relating to limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBA) involving related parties that will ensure income from these strategies will not be treated as non-arm’s length in nature.

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Residential Property

Joyce calls for more domestic property super support

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce

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

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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Direct Domestic Shares

Non-blue-chip shares sound performers

Shares from organisations outside of the top 10 Australian Securities Exchange-listed companies proved to be some of the best performers as revealed by the latest reporting season, according to investment manager Van Eck Global.

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Business news, Compliance & Regulation

Call to link super to Intergenerational Report

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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Investments

AREITs a consistent performer

A recent review of the real estate market performed by listed property fund manager Folkestone has shown Australian real estate investment trusts (AREIT) to be the best-performing investment vehicle over the past five years.

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Compliance & Regulation

ASIC halts false SMSF ads on social media

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

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Compliance & Regulation

Treasurer stipulates superannuation purpose

Three arrows and bullseye.

Treasurer Scott Morrison has used his presentation at an industry conference to reinforce the federal government’s view on what the goal of the superannuation system is and how the current tax concessions within the system should not be used to achieve other objectives.

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