An optimistic mood, relatively speaking, among Australia's superannuation investors marked the start of 2011, triggered mainly by the solid sharemarket performance of the previous two years. But it has been badly shaken. As we head into 2012, global ...
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One of the biggest things in travel these days is the explosion of websites that facilitate renting a room in someone's house or apartment, or even the whole place, at affordable rates. The host makes a little money; the renter gets a great deal in ...
I'm not against foreign investment and I'm not against the property market increasing in value. What I don't agree with is the current policy where 100% of a new apartment block or any new housing with Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) approval ...
It is now four years since self-managed super funds were granted the right to gear into property, be it residential, commercial, retail or industrial. This concession was an important shift given that, up to that time, SMSFs were banned from borrowing ...
Superannuation is such a tax-effective investment vehicle it is easy for the members of a self-managed super fund to overlook the need to manage the fund's ongoing tax situation. Among the tax issues SMSFs should take into account are: How much ...
Mercer SmartPath, a superannuation and pension fund, has a new direct-investment option giving members access to all the shares in the S&P/ASX 300, term deposits from four providers and 62 exchange traded funds (ETFs). These direct investments, which ...
When property prices are hot, as they are now, it can be tempting to jump into the market to get a slice of the action using a do-it-yourself super fund. But just because you can do something, it doesn't mean you should. The golden rule of investing ...
Only about 10% of self-managed super funds (SMSF) have more than two members. It seems fair to assume most parents who have a self-managed superannuation fund don't include their children as members. But Macquarie Bank group analytics research manager ...
Investors who put their faith in the supposed safety of bricks and mortar have been dealt another blow with mortgage fund manager Provident Capital being placed in receivership. PPB Advisory was appointed receiver by the Federal Court in July after ...
There's a lot to cope with a self-managed super fund, including new tax consequences, says Peter Freeman It may be a grim task but every member of a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) should closely consider what will happen to their super when ...
