News

Investments

Market drivers for 2018 crucial

SMSF investors should monitor four key themes that are likely to drive investment markets this year, with encouraging conditions expected to continue, according to AMP Capital.

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Business News

Topdocs integrates with XPM

Legal document provider Topdocs has announced an end-to-end integration with Xero Practice Manager (XPM) to enable data sharing between the two platforms.

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Strategy

Revitalise SMSF strategy every few years

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SMSF advisers should refresh their clients’ strategies every two to three years to keep pace with changing superannuation laws, regulations and ATO/court interpretations, according to an SMSF expert.

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Business News

SMSF body prepared to participate in royal commission

The SMSF Association will make submissions to the banking royal commission if requested despite the sector’s exclusion from the inquiry’s terms of reference.

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Investments

Outlook positive for global real estate

The global real estate asset class delivered modestly positive returns in 2017 and similar results are expected for the next 12 months.

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Business News

XTB portfolios achieve outperformance

Australian Securities Exchange-traded corporate bond investment provider XTB has reported considerable outperformance for its fixed-rate portfolios when compared against the credit index and comparative bond exchange-traded fund (ETF) market in 2017.

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Practice Management

Ways to remove a member from an SMSF

Removing a member from an SMSF is not a simple process, particularly where there is a dispute or some animosity among members.

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Cryptocurrency

SMSFs cautioned on bitcoin hype

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SMSFs and other retail investors that have been disappointed with the low returns on their cash investments are looking to cryptocurrencies, but the area is riddled with risks, according to HLB Mann Judd.

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Accounting

Accountants to feel education standards pinch

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Accountants wishing to continue to advise on SMSFs will bear the brunt of the new education standards as much as financial planners, but this is flying under the radar, an industry executive has warned.

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ATO

CGT scenarios uninfluenced by extension

The ATO’s extension for SMSF annual returns will not have a huge impact on trustees with highly complex capital gains tax (CGT) relief issues, according to a technical expert.

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