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Boutique shuts Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... requests are met immediately, whether unit holders who continue to hold units may bear a disproportionate burden of capital gains tax or other expenses, or whether the meeting of those redemption requests would otherwise be to the existing unitholders' ...

Merger costs may impact short-term returns: ASI

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... advisors around the stamp duty implication should be a key driver of which way the successor fund transfer goes." Capital gains tax relief On the upside, merging super funds don't have to worry too much about capital gains tax. "There is currently ...

Chief economist update: Wheels of US recession in motion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
"Your breath first kindled the dead coal of wars And brought in matter that should feed this fire; And now 'tis far too huge to be blown out With that same weak wind which enkindled it." - The Life and Death of King John Bill Shakespeare might just ...

AFA, FPA slam haste in ending grandfathered commissions

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... Kewin added that consideration needs to be given where a client is prevented from moving products as a result of Capital Gains Tax, grandfathered Centrelink Asset Test treatment or insurance issues. The FPA said more than 50% of its members have made ...

New tax-effective Aussie shares fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... divestment and fund redemption. The fund tracks the price it bought a holding at and actively calculates the capital gains tax it may accrue at divestment in making its trading decisions. Senior portfolio manager Max Cappetta, who has a masters with ...

Property risks dip at Coalition win, APRA easing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... "The main implication of the election is the absence of expected Labor changes, especially to negative gearing, capital gains tax and franking; rather than the Coalition's mostly 'status quo'," UBS economists led by George Tharenou wrote ...

Should super funds segregate pension assets?

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... participate in off-market buybacks or tilt towards franking credits or reduce withholding-tax leakage, target capital gains tax efficiency. On the unquantifiable end, the segregation may help set higher liquidity rules for pension members while harvesting ...

Super, life risk face election test

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... opposition flagged several direct changes to super policy, but its other proposed measures - such as changes to capital gains tax -will mean yet more uncertainty for investors. "Whereas the Coalition isn't really doing anything," he says. However the ...

Super tax strategies a hot topic

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... useful way to maximise an individual's concessional contribution cap or it could be a useful tool to manage a capital gains tax liability," Perri said. People may wish to take advantage of the strategy before the end of this financial year, as the upcoming ...

Board of Taxation reviews granny flat taxes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
... Attorneys-General to develop a national plan to respond to the abuse of older Australians." Currently, homeowners may pay capital gains tax where there is a formal agreement for an elderly family member to reside in their home - either in the same home ...