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International Shares

Indirect China risk requires perspective

china risk

The indirect China risk of a particular shareholding must be assessed in a specific fashion and should not lead investors to ignore the strengths of a particular company’s fundamentals.

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Business news

Leading service providers named

service provider awards

Smstrusteenews and research house CoreData have announced the winners of the SMSF Service Provider Awards 2021, which were presented during a recent online event.

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ATO

SMSF COVID relief being considered

financial relief COVID-19

The ATO is looking to implement relief measures for SMSFs suffering financial hardship in the current round of COVID-19 lockdowns.

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Direct Property, Listed Property

Inflation to benefit real estate investors

inflation estate investors

Increasing rates of inflation will be a benefit rather than an impediment for property investors.

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NALI/NALE

NALE fee approach defined

NALE service fee

Trustees have been provided with guidance as to what might constitute an appropriate service fee that will satisfy the non-arm’s-length expenditure rules.

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International Shares

Global dividends to bounce back

Global dividends

Global dividends are set to return to levels experienced before the COVID-19 pandemic affected world equity markets.

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ATO, Compliance & Regulation

ABR updated to allow six-member funds

ABR six member

Updates to the Australian Business Register (ABR) to allow the creation of six-member SMSFs are complete and will replace an interim process offered by the ATO.

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Retirement

Virus restrictions hit retiree living costs

retirees living costs

ASFA statistics have revealed the increased cost of living in the past year has put greater pressure on retirees.

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ETFs

SMSFs stick with ETFs, but shift focus

SMSFs ETFs

SMSF investors have been long-term users of ETFs, but market expansion has changed how they use them within their portfolios.

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Estate Planning

SuperStream hits death benefits

SuperStream death benefit

Death benefit rollovers will be treated differently under SuperStream from 1 October, depending on who the beneficiary is in the eyes of the ATO.

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