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CVC sells 20% stake in Eildon

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
... for investments in the medium term. Founded in 2004, Samuel Terry invests in debt and equity, and is owned by the family trusts of Fred Woollard, Nigel Burgess and Mitch Taylor. They manage the Samuel Terry Absolute Return Fund, a wholesale fund that ...

Government welcomes ATO family trust guidance

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
Assistant treasurer Michael Sukkar has welcomed the ATO's recent draft guidance on family trusts, noting that they are a legitimate and important way for families, particularly those running small businesses, to manage their financial affairs. This ...

Woman allegedly left out of will because she was born by artificial insemination

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... before his death. Michael Meehan, chief financial officer of Escor Group (the group under which many of the Smorgon family trusts sit), filed an affidavit in response arguing that Samantha Smorgon is not entitled to see the documents. He said seven of ...

Super needs a clear objective: Cooper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... the wealth management board, including changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax discounts, and reforms to family trusts. SMSFA chair Deborah Ralston said it was strange that after the Financial System Inquiry in 2014 recommended a clear objective ...

OneVue and managed account provider add scale to advice firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... Features such as the ability to get a client's total wealth view across a number of tax entities such as SMSFs, family trusts or business structures made it an easy sell to clients," he said. Kuda Wealth had previously been using a tailored direct equities ...

New law tightens unpaid SG penalties

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... years - not just a standard three or four-year period. They are unable to hide behind complex company structures or family trusts from backdated claims, he said. "You might think you understand your exposure to the ATO and that your company structure ...

Traditional advice strategies pose retirement risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... property. It can also cause problems when both have retired, if all the income is in one person's name," Philpot said. Family trusts represent a better strategy, as income distributions can change over time and the wealth can be accessed before retirement ...

Investors short on tax-effective structures: Centuria Life

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
Changes to superannuation and news Bill Shorten has discretionary family trusts in his sights is making investors worried about their investment future. Centuria Life general manager Neil Rogan says if family trusts are taxed at 30%, as per Bill Shorten's ...

Discretionary trusts crackdown short-sighted

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
... accounting and business advisory firm Pilot Partners, said there is nothing wrong with the current structure of family trusts. It is a widely used structure which spreads the tax burden over multiple individuals to take advantage of lower marginal tax ...

The challenges of modern estate planning

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... Forum on Retirement Income, Tsovolos explained how the estate laws around self-managed super funds and discretionary family trusts is still evolving - largely because challenges only occur once the client dies and once a claim is made against the estate ...
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