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ATO clarifies part disposal rules: DomaCom

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
Fractional investment platform DomaCom has received confirmation from the tax office that a part disposal of a home can work for downsizer contributions for SMSF trustees to allow them to stay in their home. The ATO's Administrative Binding Advice confirms ...

Janus Henderson lists new active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
Janus Henderson has listed a new active ETF on Chi-X, giving access to a $3.4 billion unlisted fund via the stock exchange. The Janus Henderson Tactical Income Active ETF (TACT) is structured as an additional share class of the Janus Henderson Tactical ...

State Street to launch ESG ETF

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
State Street Global Advisors is expecting to launch a new low-cost environmental, social and governance (ESG) ETF on the ASX on August 5, with a similar risk-return to the ASX 200. The SPDR S&P/ASX 200 ESG Fund will go by the ticker E200 and is the ...

Chief economist update: Premature easing will cost more lives, more rupiahs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... fight against containing the spread of infection from the coronavirus pandemic. On March 24, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered one of the strictest lockdowns of any country in the world, warning that: "If we don't manage these 21 days ...

TAL hits back at rumour mill

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
TAL has issued a stern response following recent media speculation that the insurer was ceasing cover to those affected by COVID-19. Over a week ago Financial Standard reported that TAL, along with MLC, had updated some policies for new customers in ...

APRA heat map update in doubt

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
APRA's June update to the MySuper heat map is in question, as the prudential regulator suspends the majority of its supervisory and policy initiatives to zero in on the health of its regulated entities amid COVID-19. The prudential regulator has ...

World rolls out stimulus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... not been considered effective by the market. Whilst coordination by the G7 led by Emmanuel Macron, and G20 led by Narendra Modi, show the need to act fast and cut through legislative wrangling and red tape," SSGA head of global macro policy research ...

PIMCO puts Aussie LIT on ice

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
The fixed income giant has pulled the brakes on its $1 billion listed investment trust, as the Treasury conducts a public consultation on stamping fees for LICs and LITs. PIMCO announced plans to raise for the LIT in November last year, in what was ...

Stamping fees consultation kicks off

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
Treasury has announced a four-week consultation into "stamping fees" paid by fund managers to advisers and brokers for exchange-listed funds, as public scrutiny into the practice mounts. The Future of financial Advice (FoFA) reforms in 2013 put an end ...

No joy in the advice world this Christmas

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2019
Frustration and despair will be the main course for financial advisers this Christmas, says financial services veteran. The Christmas season may potentially be the catalyst for action by exhausted advisers who are feeling physically, financially and ...