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Managed accounts hold trumpcard

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
... transparent, cost and tax effective SMA; they should be able to do so without being concerned about the resulting capital gains tax issues," said Naoumidis.

Præmium tackles UK SMAs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
... enabling clients to take advantage of the benefits under UK tax laws for managed fund investments which do not pay capital gains tax at the fund level. According to PrA|mium group managing director, Arthur Naoumidis, the approval means the firm is now ...

True Index contains residual risk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
... implications of the Enhanced Index fund's attempts to achieve returns. "This [tax] burden is not even-handed. Since capital gains tax is levied on absolute returns, not on index-relative returns, and since equity markets rise on average over the long ...

MTAA awards $450m quant mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
... difference to the portfolio's total returns. "If you've held a stock for less than a year, you'll pay the full capital gains tax rather than half that rate if you hold it for more than a year. [Therefore] these implications influence your decision to ...

Dinosaur fund taxes should be scrapped: Bowen

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
... the tax integrity rules in Division 6B of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936, in light of the operation of the capital gains tax regime, dividend imputation and Division 6C. The costs and benefits of establishing a separate taxing regime for REITs will ...

Murder on super

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
... into super," he said. In a double whammy for investors, some of these investments may now be slapped with a capital gains tax (CGT) liability charge following the disposal of their investments. Investors who viewed the CGT as an opportunity cost back ...

Direct equities gain ground in platforms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
... direct equities, as opposed to managed funds, because of the potential tax benefits and the ability to control capital gains tax on franking credits on dividends. Andrew Knox, platform consultant at Rainmaker, said wraps would continue to enhance their ...

Praemium wins UK platform deal

... follows the UK Government's pre-budget report which revealed its plans to make legislative changes to its existing Capital Gains Tax (CGT) treatment. Initially, Cofunds will use Praemium's capital gains tax functionality in their V-Wrap with a view to ...

Austock to list with $214m cap

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
... dividends are not taxable in the hands of shareholders. PDFs also pay only 15 per cent company tax and no income or capital gains tax on the sale of its shares. The issue is due to close December 6 and the company expects to list on the ASX on December ...

Intech shifts focus to after-tax

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
... on the surface an actively managed portfolio, but with a large reduction trading volumes and therefore less capital gains tax. Vanguard will implement the investment decisions of a number of the trust's active managers in lag through a centralised dealing ...