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ATO cracks down on SMSFs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... compliance risk focus areas for the ATO are illegal early super release promoters, non-lodgement of tax returns by SMSFs, the top 100 SMSFs and tax planning, the top 100 auditors, high risk auditors and SMSF Auditor Number misuse. Non-lodgement among ...

ATO clamps down on auditor number misuse

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... the ATO does refer on tax practitioners misusing a SAN, "more often than not there are other issues." The poor results from top 100 SMSF auditors looked at by the ATO was also a topic for discussion. "We were surprised that only 10, including yourselves ...

Investment Manager of the Year named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... than one award; Australian Ethical, BlackRock, Magellan and Pendal. Australian Ethical's Australian Shares Fund was named top High Performance fund and top ESG Australian Equity product. Pendal Group also had a good night, with its Pendal Global ...

Bleak year for dividend growth in Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... highest dividend in the world in 2018, to the 20th spot. Meanwhile, BHP and Rio Tinto's special dividends landed it in the top-10 dividend payers for the first time in at least seven years. "Australian dividends last year dropped back below the 2015 ...

Former SMSFA chair returns to role

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
A former chair of the SMSF Association has returned for another stint in the top job. Andrew Hamilton has been appointed chair of the SMSF Association, taking on the role from the end of the association's 2020 conference, which kicked off on the Gold ...

Netwealth leads the platform pack

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... has released the 16th edition of its Platform Benchmarking and Competitive Analysis Report, with Netwealth taking out the top gong. The wealth management platform led the pack for overall platform functionality, followed closely by HUB24. Investment ...

T. Rowe Price shutters local fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... $139 million in net outflows in 2018 and $17 million last year. T. Rowe Price set the minimum initial investment at $500,000 (top ups were set at $100,000 minimum) and charged 1.20% per annum in management fees. The fund beat the benchmark on three-year ...

Partnership sees improved advice services

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
Members of a $13 billion superannuation fund are benefitting from expanded financial advice capabilities via a partnership with Link Advice. LGIAsuper partnered with Link Advice in October 2019 and has now expanded its telephone service for providing ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 could hit Australia with triple whammy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... people who have travelled to China, would negatively impact Australia's external trade account. China is the country's top export market - accounting for around 33% of Australia's total exports. Australia's exports account would also ...

Chief economist update: It's the US consumer, stupid me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... reports that the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) optimism index improved in January 2020 and is "in the top 10% of all reading in the 46-year history of the survey". Good or bad, a University of Michigan survey of small business ...