Articles by Darin Tyson-Chan

Retirement

Right retirement spending balance needed

The partner of a mid-tier accounting firm has warned retirees to find the right level of spending behaviour so as not run out of savings, but also not to live poor and die rich.

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Insurance

BGL teams up with life insurer

Superannuation and corporate compliance specialist software provider BGL has formed a partnership with Australian Group Insurances (AGI) that will allow users of Simple Fund 360 to perform a review of and obtain quotes for the life insurance needs of SMSF members.

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Direct Property

Charter Hall unveils multi-sector fund

Specialist property fund manager Charter Hall has launched a fund incorporating a multi-sector approach through investing in direct property assets with tenants that are producers and distributors of consumer staples.

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Business News

New way forward for deregistered trustee scenario

A recent New South Wales Supreme Court decision has established a new course of action for SMSFs with a corporate trustee that has been deregistered.

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Business News

Guilty plea over defrauding SMSFs

A Sydney woman has pleaded guilty in the New South Wales District Court to two charges of dishonestly obtaining client funds and one charge of dealing with client funds from the proceeds of crime.

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Business News

SuperConcepts gets lift in funds serviced

AMP’s results for the third quarter of 2017 have revealed an increase in the number of SMSFs serviced by wealth management arm SuperConcepts.

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Superannuation

Gender gap narrows, but work still needed

The latest statistical analysis provided by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has shown a significant increase in women’s share of retirement savings balances over the past 23 years.

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Estate Planning

SMSF Association issues death benefit guide

The SMSF Association has made a go-to guide available to its members aimed at assisting them in the payment of superannuation death benefits.

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Superannuation

Restrictive salary sacrifice boundary removed

The new rules allowing individuals to make tax-deductible voluntary superannuation contributions introduced as part of the super reforms have allowed SMSF members to overcome the inequitable and limiting nature of salary sacrifice arrangements, according to the SMSF Association.

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Retirement

Retirement age adjustment concerns

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The easing out of the age pension qualifying age is causing some anxiety among SMSF members as to the effect this move will have on the official age of retirement, a trustee forum has revealed.

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