CAPITAL GAINS TAX

Financial planning

Researcher and investment manager van Eyk has announced several enhancements to the investment mandate of its Blueprint fund-of-fund Series....

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Financial planning

The capital gains tax implications and taxation of group life and total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance policies held outside superannuation still require clarif...

Financial planning

Borrowing money to invest in superannuation can be a rewarding strategy for many investors wanting to take advantage of the changes to superannuation laws but without rea...

Financial planning

One solution will not fit all clients under the new superannuation rules, warns ING technical services manager Andrew Lowe....

Financial planning

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Financial planning

ING has created a desktop calculator that allows advisers to determine whether to invest the proceeds of a client’s assets into superannuation, thus taking advantage of t...

Financial planning

IOOF has launched a new platform product aimed at retail clients offering two different investment models to cater for the diversity in consumers’ financial sophisticatio...

Financial planning

Accounting firm HLB Mann Judd has recommended the Federal Government examine the current taxes levied on the transfer of assets between generations as part of its impendi...

Superannuation

Tax changes next year to superannuation will favour commercial property investments in self-managed superannuation funds....

Policy & Regulation

MLC has decided to provide after-tax return results for a selection of its products to help financial advisers give their clients an idea of the amount of money they are ...

Financial planning

The underlying structure of some platform products could impede the broad objective of the FPA’s conflict of interest principles which require advisers to stipulate what ...

Financial planning

The Government’s decision to simplify the superannuation regime has been applauded by financial services providers, with the abolition of Reasonable Benefit Limits and th...

Financial planning

Investors in Glebe Asset Management will have their funds paid out to them after the ethical investment manager, which put itself up for sale last October, failed to find...

Financial planning

Sealcorp has restructured its separately managed account (SMA) funds, moving from investing in various underlying managed funds to a multi-manager structure using mandate...

Financial planning

Broking firm Citigroup Wealth Advisers is the latest firm to sign up for Praemium Portfolio Services portfolio reporting technology....

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