Articles by Darin Tyson-Chan

Financial Planning

Reduction in planner numbers an opportunity

reduction financial advisers

A number of self-licensed practitioners are viewing the reduction in adviser numbers across the industry as a business growth opportunity.

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Superannuation

SuperStream omits cashless rollovers

SuperStream rollovers

Unlike cash superannuation rollovers, those involving in specie asset transfers do not have to be executed via the SuperStream system for SMSFs.

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NALI/NALE

Pro bono work can pass NALE rules

pro bono NALE rules

The provision of pro bono services to an SMSF is not automatically outlawed by the NALE rules as defined by the ATO in LCG 2012/2.

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ETFs

ETF manager achieves notable milestone

ETF BetaShares

ETF provider BetaShares has exceeded $20 billion in assets under management in just over 10 years since being established in the market.

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Auditing, Compliance

ASQC 1 manual has crucial independence role

ASQC 1 manual compliance

Making sure a particular manual is in place will enhance the documented proof auditors are complying with the amended independence standards.

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Markets

Planning for market correction required

market correction

SMSF investors have been advised to revisit their equities holdings in anticipation of a market correction forecast to occur in the short term.

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Auditing

Fee threshold a barrier to entry

auditor fee threshold

A specialist professional body for auditors has argued against the introduction of a hard fee threshold in an effort to make the auditor independence standards more robust.

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Superannuation

Frequency of reporting still poor

SMSF data reporting

A significant majority of SMSF practitioners are still servicing their clients and providing only annual fund information to them.

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ATO, Superannuation

ATO tweaks Super Fund Lookup process

Super Fund Lookup ATO

A new procedure is now being applied to newly established SMSFs and how the ATO reflects their status on the Super Fund Lookup website.

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Investments, Superannuation

Better returns not a control priority

investment returns

The control SMSF trustees seek in running their own superannuation fund is not entirely about generating better returns than the public offer funds of which they were or are members.

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