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SMSF trustees confident backing their limited advice

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... Schoenheimer also said that the challenge for advisers was to help their clients develop diverse portfolios that were not just geared for one single market condition, so that they were adaptive and did not need to be constantly tinkered with. "It's not ...

Superannuation needs change: Keating

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... now needed to adapt. Keating, superannuation's original architect, said Australia now needs a "phase two" super system, geared to cater for two distinct groups: 60 to 80 year olds, and 80 to 100 year olds. One way to combat the unsustainable health burden ...

NAB launches margin loan product for SMSFs

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... combination of modest gearing levels and franked income streams means that NAB Super Lever transactions will often be positively geared, which suits the lower tax environment that exists within super. Hanley said the new product meets the need within ...

Census 2011: Australia is changing, and fast

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... are going 7% pa, almost triple inflation. The likelihood of the government introducing any clamp downs on the negatively geared property sector and the estimated $12 billion in annual tax concessions it costs the budget has just retreated even further. ...

Australia's finely balanced $376bn budget

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... salary. In reaction to the policy change, investment strategists are already predicting increased flows back into negatively geared property and share market loans which should boost house prices and further squeeze first home buyers. With 44% of budget ...

MySuper should engage with lifecycling: Cooper

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... were planning to re-badge their current default product with 74% of total funds surveyed saying asset allocation would be geared to growth rather than defensive assets. The issue of a set fee for a lifecycle MySuper product, however, was an issue of ...

Funds remain unconvinced on lifecycle MySuper product

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... a lifecycle MySuper product, with 74% of respondents anticipating the asset allocation of their MySuper product will be geared to more growth than defensive assets. "The results suggest that the relatively high-growth asset allocation model that has ...

Managed funds have a place in SMSFs: Select

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... portfolio in Australian equities, the allocation of the average SMSF is around 36%, McCormick said. The high reliance on geared property is additionally something Australian investors tend to feel comfortable with, though despite the interesting tax ...

Property-reliant SMSFs face potential risks

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
... buying a property in your funds and then having one big lump asset in the sum." The issue is where the super balance is geared into property and the capital used to launch the SMSF. "The biggest risk with property is the serviceability of the loan, which ...

SMSF sector tackling misconceptions

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... has signalled they will review this every few years to ensure borrowing is not the primary focus of SMSF and be overly geared in this space," said Burgess. Burgess said that the licensing of auditors will increase in importance. Last month, SPAA announced ...