Articles by Darin Tyson-Chan

Superannuation

Solid support for legislating super objective

superannuation objective support

Australians have expressed their support to legislate the objective of superannuation with the proviso it will focus on retirement income for all.

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Investments

Macro view to risk management

SMSF risk management

SMSF trustees are mitigating the risk of their funds from an overall perspective as opposed to looking at it from a more granular perspective.

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ECPI

ECPI rules of thumb available

calculating ECPI

Practitioners can apply some rules of thumb to help their clients choose the most suitable method of calculating ECPI for a given financial year.

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financial advice

Pre-retirees offer advice opportunity

Financial advisers retirement

An opportunity exists for financial advisers to assist individuals over the age of 45 who are employed full-time with their retirement preparations.

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Retirement

Control key to retirement ease

financial control retirement

Control over one’s financial circumstances is a critical factor in the ability for an individual to enjoy a higher level of well-being in retirement.

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ECPI

Recording ECPI choice a must

ECPI choice

The method decided upon to calculate how an SMSF calculates its exempt current pension income has to be recorded officially.

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Contributions, financial advice

Inflation piquing adviser interest

inflation contributions advisers

The inflationary effect on the superannuation rules and downsizer contributions dominated adviser queries in the final quarter of last year.

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Investments

Portfolios reviewed more often

Investment strategy SMSF

An increasing number of SMSF trustees have been found to be reviewing their fund’s investment strategy on a more frequent basis.

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financial advice

FPA/AFA merger will provide operational shift

FPA AFA merger

The proposed merger between the FPA and AFA will make a significant difference to the service provided to financial advisers.

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Contributions

ATO discretion now more critical

ATO contributions discretion

The ATO’s limited ability to use its discretion to disregard non-concessional contributions made in error has new found significance.

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