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What's next for income-focused funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... the pandemic can be contained and shutdowns lifted. Plato's fund, which generates income from dividends and franking credits, distributed about 9% in income last year, buoyed by companies flushing out larger dividends before the federal election ...

Merger costs may impact short-term returns: ASI

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... investment structures (which have bid offer spreads) instead of mandates or vastly different portfolios. Treatment of franking credits in equities portfolios In combining the Australian equities portfolios of two merging funds, can the funds lose the ...

State Street ETF in franking credit kerfuffle

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... advisers were left confused when the almost $4 billion SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Fund (ASX: STW) failed to pay out any franking credits with June's year-end distribution for the first time in its 18-year-long history. State Street paid out a total of 82 cents ...

Plato to raise $200 million

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... 0.5c fully franked dividends for the year to June 2019 equating to a dividend yield of 5.5%, or 7.8% including franking credits, on the offer price of $1.10. Including its special dividend of 3c a share, the dividend yield was 8.2% and 11.7% with franking ...

Association names new chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... Green said. "This became evident during our campaign against the Federal Opposition's proposed changes to franking credits, as the ASA under Judith's leadership joined the Alliance for a Fairer Retirement." SAFAA credited Green with overhauling ...

Industry responds to election outcome

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... Creagh believes the market will react positively to the election result, particularly as fears around changes to franking credits and negative gearing evaporate. She also predicts the Australian dollar will find relief, and property and housing related ...

Labor proposal targets low income earners: Association

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
The Alliance for a Fairer Retirement System is arguing Labor's refundable franking credits proposal does not target the wealthy but impacts low income earners instead. Deborah Ralston, spokesperson for the Alliance and chair of the SMSF Association ...

SMSF wind-ups spike: ATO

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... impact the sector. "I expect the level of wind-ups to spike next year if Labor bring in their proposed changes to franking credits and contribution rules but then it will settle back to the current level of 20,000 per year. I do not see wind-ups returning ...

Should super funds segregate pension assets?

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... separate pool of pension assets may give members the ability to 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 ...

Super, life risk face election test

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... Wood said at the time. While SMSFs may end up heavily impacted by Labor's proposals - such as the oft-discussed franking credits policy - SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney insists the association remains non-partisan. This is an abstract ...