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Funeral bonds on the minds of advisers

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... exempt from Centrelink and the Department of Veterans' Affairs income and assets tests, which means there can be important taxation and pension considerations, depending on the circumstances of a particular client." Cooper said many older people like ...

ATO extends SuperStream deadline

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has announced it will provide "compliance flexibility" to small businesses who have not implemented SuperStream ahead of the 30 June deadline. Small businesses will now have until 28 October 2016 to ensure they are ...

Ratings upgrade for VanEck, PM Capital

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... rating. The Lonsec report also noted that the likelihood of currency hedging losses is more limited given the fund's Taxation of Financial Agreement (TOFA) election. Arian Neiron, managing director, VanEck Australia, said, "We are pleased to receive ...

Align with super's purpose, not politics

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... superannuation fund investors who are nervous about making decisions because of impending federal government changes to taxation must realign their focus with super's purpose. BT Financial Group head of financial literacy and advocacy, Bryan Ashenden ...

SMSFA hires technical head from MLC

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... worked at Plaza Financial, Colonial First State Investments, Macquarie Bank and the ATO in superannuation, investment and taxation roles. SMSF Association managing director and chief executive Andrea Slattery said the association now has the opportunity ...

SMSFs granted ATO extension over LRBAs

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery said the seven month extension to 31 January 2017 shows the Australian Taxation Office is listening to the SMSF sector's concerns "as well as reinforcing why we believe it is the right regulator for our ...

First SMSF app launched

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... given them a platform to be engaged with. "So we built one. "Being Australia's first automated SMSF app to combine the taxation and investment component, we wanted to ensure we streamline everything possible to make it easier for users to engage with ...

Super changes about sustainability: O'Dwyer

KELLY O'DWYER, ASSISTANT TREASURER AND MINISTER FOR SMALL BUSINESS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... income threshold from $10,800 to $37,000, to help families support each other by topping up savings. And we will remove taxation barriers to the development of new retirement income products such as deferred life time annuities from 1 July 2017. This ...

Ignition Wealth partners with SMSF administrator

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
... investment adviser Ignition Wealth has partnered with a leading SMSF administrator. Triple A Super provides administration, taxation, deed and transition services for SMSF advisers and accountants. Through the Ignition Wealth partnership, the firm will ...

FSC releases policy priorities for next parliament

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... widening default superannuation choices, reducing "misaligned" life insurance incentives and simplifying Australia's taxation regime. Noting that the financial services sector now contributes 9.3% of national economic growth and employs nearly 500,000 ...