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Tax relief for merging super funds extended

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
Tax relief for merging superannuation funds will be extended until 1 July 2020 in an effort to minimise barriers to sector consolidation. As announced in this years' Federal Budget, relief will be available to superannuation funds to transfer capital ...

What the 2017 Budget means for you

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... companies with annual turnover of less than $50 million by 2018-19. Superannuation funds have been provided extended tax relief for mergers, until 1 July 2020, in an effort to minimise barriers to sector consolidation. Relief will be available to superannuation ...

CGT top of adviser minds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... Technical team. BT technical consultant Tim Howard said during the March quarter advisers were most keen to identify how CGT relief will be applied to retail super and SMSF clients. This was followed by pre and post-tax super contributions, and the work ...

Let me down gently

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) must be breathing a sigh of relief at the latest housing finance figures indicating a slowdown in the country's property market. The bubbling Australian property ...

Super reforms will drive advice demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... personal deductible contributions to their members. One item that did not pass into law, Breckon noted, was the proposed relief to retain actuarial certificates for SMSFs and Small APRA Funds (SAFs) using the proportionate method to calculate their Exempt ...

Barclays fined following ASIC investigation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... benefit of the ASIC class order licensing exemptions, though the regulator has granted the entities conditional individual relief so as to maintain the provision of services to the wholesale sector without an AFSL. The conditions of the enforceable undertaking ...

Adviser contravenes FoFA obligations

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... financial advice to retail clients referred to them by Yes FS, via the website yesfs.com.au. ASIC is seeking injunctive relief, declarations of contraventions and financial penalties. Separately, an ASIC led investigation has led to the arrest of Queensland ...

mFund to expand product offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... efficiencies to the industry. "By extending the range of products that are available through the mFund settlement service, the relief will facilitate the potential for greater efficiency in the industry without compromising the requirement for an investor ...

Reversionary pension and CGT changes supported

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
... Challenger Financial Standard Technical Services Forum that the transitional arrangements also provide capital gains tax (CGT) relief for complying superannuation funds. In its explanatory memorandum on the super changes Treasury has explained that complying ...

The $25 trillion decision US voters have to make

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... Bassanese called it "a two to four day wonder either way". A Trump victory could mean a two-day slump followed by a two-day relief rally while a Clinton victory could produce a two-day relief rally. "Washington will then revert back to its traditional ...