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ERS emerges as tax loophole for expats

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... it makes sense for them, particularly for the tax saving in doing that." It was logical for expats impacted by the coronavirus pandemic to withdraw their super now to avoid tax concessions, he said. "If they don't face tax consequences now, when ...

Super release widens gender gap: AMP

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
The government's early release scheme is widening the gender superannuation gap, as a higher proportion of women draw down on their super savings to weather the COVID-19 crisis. The analysis, coming out of AMP, found that 21% of women were withdrawing ...

Chief economist update: Better than all the rest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... not only be knocking but queuing at Australia's door. More so, after Treasury found an extra A$60 billion in its coronavirus war chest - resulting from the JobKeeper estimation error - the federal government considering re-opening the economy earlier ...

SMSFs to weather the storm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
While hundreds of thousands of Australians remove tens of millions from their superannuation accounts, SMSFs are holding their own. The most recent superannuation statistics released by APRA show there was a decrease of 7.7% in total superannuation ...

Is the worst yet to come?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
With the chances of a second wave of infections breaking out both internationally and domestically, consideration is being put on whether what we have seen is just the beginning. Simon Doyle, head of fided income and multi asset at Schroders, said from ...

Collapse of REITs spells opportunity: SG Hiscock

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
Despite Australia's real estate investment trusts dropping 49% during the COVID-19 sell-off, boutique fund manager SG Hiscock believes now is an opportune time to increase exposures to real estate. Now trading up 45% since their March 23 lows, SG Hiscock ...

COVID-19 poses unique human rights threats

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... recognition, for example, is already playing a role in the surveillance, monitoring and control of people's movements in the coronavirus outbreak. China is using it to track infected individuals and identify those not wearing masks," Zandbergen said. ...

Sydney boutique shutters fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... for last two months admitted to having missed the volatility spike for March. "[After rallying to February], as the coronavirus pandemic spread around the world, the S&P 500 suffered a horrendous -35% decline within a month, by far the steepest drop ...

IOOF to provide fee relief to adviser network

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
IOOF has announced a new initiative that will see its network of financial advisers offer free financial guidance to local communities until the end of September. IOOF said it is providing fee relief to its advisers to volunteer 60 hours of their time ...

Time to buy residential property: Survey

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
Despite the coronavirus pandemic shutting down home inspections across the country and seeing many Australians' wallets run dry, more than 70% of property investors believe now is a good time to buy. That's according to new research coming out of the ...