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Should super funds segregate pension assets?

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... participate in off-market buybacks or tilt towards franking credits or reduce withholding-tax leakage, target capital gains tax efficiency. On the unquantifiable end, the segregation may help set higher liquidity rules for pension members while harvesting ...

Super, life risk face election test

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... opposition flagged several direct changes to super policy, but its other proposed measures - such as changes to capital gains tax -will mean yet more uncertainty for investors. "Whereas the Coalition isn't really doing anything," he says. However the ...

Super tax strategies a hot topic

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... useful way to maximise an individual's concessional contribution cap or it could be a useful tool to manage a capital gains tax liability," Perri said. People may wish to take advantage of the strategy before the end of this financial year, as the upcoming ...

Board of Taxation reviews granny flat taxes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
... Attorneys-General to develop a national plan to respond to the abuse of older Australians." Currently, homeowners may pay capital gains tax where there is a formal agreement for an elderly family member to reside in their home - either in the same home ...

Negative gearing reforms not a panacea: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
... Shorten recently announced that no decisions would be made regarding changes to existing negative gearing and capital gains tax until after the Federal Election. The Real Estate Institute of Australia president Adrian Kelly said while it welcomes the ...

Super needs a clear objective: Cooper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... suite of changes it was proposing across the wealth management board, including changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax discounts, and reforms to family trusts. SMSFA chair Deborah Ralston said it was strange that after the Financial System ...

Labour and housing drive rate sentiment

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... with them ongoing credit tightening and investor uncertainty over potential changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax. He is joined by Industry Super Australia's chief economist Stephen Anthony, who is forecasting a cut of 25 basis points ...

AFA explains stance on grandfathered commissions

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
... outcome is to move people out of uncompetitive products, then there's a range of complications. Exit fees, capital gains tax, Centrelink deeming treatment of older income stream products, life insurance arrangements and the cost of the advice would ...

Former Paradice managers launch LIT

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
A small and mid-cap boutique set up by two former Paradice Investment Management portfolio managers has converted its $440 million strategy to a listed investment trust. Ophir Asset Management's High Conviction Fund has delivered 20.2% per annum ...

Advice firm runs rule over Labor policy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
A prominent financial advice group suggests Labor's proposals on negative gearing, capital gains tax and dividend imputation all need a closer look heading into an election year. HLB Mann Judd Sydney wealth partner Jonathan Philpot said these issues ...