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Westpac sells life insurance unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... million includes ongoing payments to Westpac, calculated at 0.96 x the life unit's FY20 value and excludes franking credits. The two firms have signed a binding share sale agreement that includes entering an exclusive 20-year partnership that sees ...

Top franked stock picks: Morningstar

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
... high due to the dividend imputation system, which returns corporate tax to Australian resident taxpayers via franking credits with dividends, creating additional income for Australian resident taxpayers." Taking into account these franking credits, Morningstar ...

Family offices should supplement super

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... vehicle. Alternatively, a dividend can be paid to family members with relatively low tax due to the attached franking credits. "Unlike a pension-paying superannuation fund, you don't have to draw money from the company. It can continually reinvest ...

OPINION: Super for housing was the wrong policy fight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... wager none expected it to crush contributions in SMSFs by 60%. No wonder retirees were so protective of their franking credits and will continue to be. But one minor-major superannuation policy reform in this budget that will make a serious mark is the ...

BetaShares launches hybrids ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... to 30%. It had 16 constituents as at April 22. "As at 31 March 2021, the gross running yield (i.e. including franking credits) of the index BHYB aims to track was around 3.5% p.a., and the gross yield-to-call was around 2.6% p.a. These compare with a ...

Cairns women disadvantaged by super gender gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... concessions are geared towards men. Negative gearing, superannuation tax concessions, capital gain tax discount and franking credits are split across $42 billion for men and $18 billion that goes to women. "Gender pay gap, childcare, superannuation ...

Tax concessions failing women: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... four tax concessions consist of negative gearing, superannuation tax concessions, capital gain tax discount and franking credits and, of the annual spend, $42 billion of the benefit goes to men and $18 billion goes to women. "Gender pay gap, childcare ...

Franking credits more important than ever

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... with interest rates at historic lows, many retirees are in a position where they could garner more income from franking credits than cash investments. "Many pension phase and tax-exempt investors we speak to remain surprised that one dollar of pre-tax ...

New super benchmarking flawed: Rice Warner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
... will be large and many won't be able to deviate much from the index anyway. They will still want exposure to franking credits, so will keep a sizeable portion of Australian shares," it said. "One of the outcomes of this is that a much higher percentage ...

Waislitz pokes holes in OneVue bid

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... determining a value for OneVue's Platform business." Amid his other concerns were OneVue's $2.5 million in retained franking credits which will be lost to existing investors. And the all-cash bid, which corners them out of potential revenue and cost ...