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Franking changes feared by shareholders

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
... feedback of the company's shareholders was overwhelming, with many "distressed" and concerned about how to replace franking credits in their quest for a modest quality of life in retirement. "The refundability of franking credits has been a part of the ...

Royal Commission and its one canoe message is on point

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
... aimed at the SMSF sector, and intended to shrink it by forcing people into APRA regulated funds. "90% of the franking credits the Labor Party are seeking to claw back are from self-managed super funds," Robert said. "My cautionary message to you is this. ...

SMSFA turns up the heat on franking debate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... Superannuation Fund Association's national conference in Melbourne, but one dominated. Opposition to Labor's franking credits policy rose on the opening day of the conference yesterday, with several distinguished speakers going hard on the proposed ...

Platinum LIC posts $29m in losses

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
... additional special dividend of 3 cents per share - both fully franked at 30%. "The board is distributing additional franking credits ahead of a potential change in future government policy, which may result in the removal or discontinuation of the cash ...

Ausbil launches dividend income fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
... income through cyclical opportunities, earning upgrades, sentiment-driven mispricing, dividend imputation and franking credits and tactical allocations. It aims for a distribution yield that is 25% higher than the market yield and a total return that ...

LICs defy franking credit refund changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... they will experience from the current policy proposal from the Federal Opposition to end the refundability of franking credits." Freeman said refundable franking credits have been stable and operating well for 18 years, and any change that passes only ...

Labor reforms to increase welfare dependency

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... full Age Pension with $300,000 invested in Australian equities and in an APRA-regulated fund does not lose their franking credits and their income of $53,573 remains untouched. Ralston said this is fundamentally inequitable. "People who have worked hard ...

Advice firm runs rule over Labor policy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... the change. "Unlike property, share investing is generally positively geared with the ASX dividend yield vplus franking credits about 5.5%, which is higher than most borrowing costs," Philpot said. "For long term investors, moving cash into shares before ...

Stop undermining franking credit refunds: Wilson

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... Standing Economics Committee this morning, tasked with investigating the implications of removing refundable franking credits. Wilson highlighted the flow-on effects to low-income earners, women and retirees should Labor's proposed reforms succeed. Currently ...

Labor franking credit changes fair but not the best: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
Grattan Institute has called Labor's plan to end refunds of excess franking credits a "fair way" to improve the Federal Budget but it is still "second-best" as there are better solutions. Grattan's budget policy director Danielle Wood and fellow ...