News : Property

ATO, Property, Residential Property

ATO issues Aussiegolfa decision impact statement

The finding in the Aussiegolfa decision that deemed the SMSF trustee’s property held by fractional property investment house DomaCom is a separate trust will not have a significant impact on traditional multi-class managed funds, according to the ATO.

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Accounting, ASIC, Property

Industry echoes execution-only advice warning

SMSF industry experts have repeated warnings issued by the corporate regulator that there will be a clampdown on client-driven execution-only advice by unlicensed accountants establishing SMSFs for their clients.

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Education, Property

Property course resonates with practitioners

Mentor Education Group has revealed it has had early success and positive feedback for its inaugural Real Estate Agents Representative Course (Victoria), reaffirming its expectation property will continue to attract professional financial advisory practitioners for the future beyond the banking royal commission and the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) changes.

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ASIC, Property, Retirement

Advisers failing SMSFs on property: panel

SMSF advisers are failing to discuss vital issues with clients when advising them on property investment, including contingency plans when they retire and liquidity issues.

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Investments, Property

DomaCom clears equity release regulatory hurdle

Fractional property firm DomaCom today announced it has received ASIC clearance that will allow it to deliver an equity release product for the asset-rich, cash-poor retiree cohort.

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Education, Property

New property course unveiled

Mentor Education Group has launched a real estate course following a growing number of calls for such a service from accountants, financial planners and brokers as more professional advisory practices position themselves as one-stop-shop service providers.

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Property

AMP exits SMSF property lending

Financial services giant AMP has joined the big four banks in discontinuing SMSF property lending.

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Property, Retirement, Strategy

SMSFs warned on retail property sector

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) involved in retail should use extra caution about using their SMSF to buy their business premises due to concerns about falling income returns, a specialist commercial property lender has said.

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Investments, Property

SMSFs continue to invest in direct property

Despite reports of SMSF property allocations dropping, trustee demand for and investment in the asset class have continued via the fractional investing channel.

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Investments, Property

Property allocations to continue to drop

SMSFs are reducing exposure to property in their portfolio asset allocations, reflecting wider trends in the property downturn in the Sydney and Melbourne markets, new analysis has found.

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