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Government to ban default life insurance in super

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... exit fees on all super accounts. "The Government will also strengthen the ATO-led consolidation regime by requiring the transfer of all inactive superannuation accounts where the balances are below $6000 to the ATO," the Government continued. "The ATO ...

SMSFs investing restrictions unfair: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... SMSF members think twice about taking on a LRBA to invest in property, as it may trigger the $1.6 million transfer balance cap in retirement. One month later, financial advisers said they were grappling with the regulatory changes to LRBAs. According ...

Focus on tax outcomes to drive up member returns: Parametric

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... of 15% contributions tax and all member account balances in the pension phase are under the $1.6 million transfer balance cap. It also assumes that the fund has 100% of its capital allocated to a pre-tax focused equity pool for the entire period. All ...

Aurora repays stolen $1 million

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... AUP. In addition, Aurora also compensated AUP "for the lost earnings on these misappropriate funds." The unauthorised transfer occurred in November last year, whereupon Aurora terminated the employment of its chief financial officer, Betty Poon. Poon ...

Beware downsizer downsides

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... contribution. The client's transfer account balance will need to be considered. If their balance is approaching their transfer balance cap, they will be restricted in how much of their downsizer contribution can be used to start an income stream," he ...

Contribution cap reforms see SMSFs spend cash

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... payments as trustees implement lump sum withdrawal strategies to help stay under the $1.6 million pension transfer balance cap." The survey looks at about 2670 funds, a sample of SMSFs SuperConcepts administers and the investments they held at 31 December ...

ATO closely monitoring SMSF balance caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
The ATO is closely monitoring self-managed super funds (SMSF) that breach the transfer balance cap and has already issued several alerts to members close to breaching the cap. ATO deputy commissioner for superannuation James O'Halloran told the 2018 ...

Siri and Alexa: The future of banking?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... artificial intelligence will become so advanced that consumers, banks and other third party service providers will need to balance the convenience of these experiences with data privacy. Customers will need to determine how much data they really want ...

SMSFs grappling with super changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
... death benefits. Death benefits, which are a complex issue, have been made even more complex and while the transfer balance cap, total superannuation balances and SMSF event-based reporting are new concepts, advisers and members are trying to figure them ...

FS has you covered in 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... perspective on the multiple implications of an ageing population: from investment strategy to intergenerational wealth transfer and estate planning. ETF Forum Hosted at The Langham in Melbourne, exchange-traded funds (ETF) experts from the likes of BlackRock ...