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Economy

Consumer spend spearheads China prospects

The diminishing role of investment in China’s gross domestic product and the increasing part consumer spending is playing in the country’s economy are creating investment opportunities in new sectors.

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ETFs

Stage set for act two in ETF evolution

The Australian exchange-traded fund (ETF) market is set for its next stage of development in 2016, a specialist fund manager has predicted.

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Business news

SMSFA launches trustee initiative

The SMSF Association has launched an online knowledge centre for SMSF trustees.

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Compliance & Regulation

ASIC imposes auditor crackdown

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has intensified its compliance activity in regard to SMSF auditors, taking punitive action recently against three registered practitioners operating in the sector.

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Business news

Chi-X makes play for SMSF sector

Alternative trading platform Chi-X Australia has several plans in the pipeline specifically targeted at the SMSF sector, including warrants and indices to create exchange-traded funds (ETF).

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Economy

Commodities recovery on the way

The latest research from brokerage house Invast Australia has forecast the possibility of a recovery in commodity prices in the first half of 2016.

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Compliance & Regulation

Crowd source funding legislation set for 2015

The federal government has announced it will introduce crowd source equity and debt funding legislation before the end of the calendar year to allow more individual retail investors, such as SMSF trustees, greater opportunities to participate in financing and expanding Australian businesses.

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Estate Planning

SMSFs an intergenerational wealth vehicle

SMSFs can act as an effective vehicle for the transfer of wealth across generations if the estate planning aspect of these funds is properly put in place, according to a wealth management accountant.

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Investments

Opportunities lie with global long/short managers

Research house Zenith Investment Partners’ latest assessment of the global long/short sector has concluded market conditions are making this an opportune time for managers in the space.

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Compliance & Regulation

Industry applauds LRBA decision

SMSFA chief executive Andrea Slattery

The federal government has announced it does not agree with the Financial System Inquiry’s recommendation to prohibit limited recourse borrowing arrangements by superannuation funds.

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