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Investments

India: the risks and rewards of investing

As highlighted in our previous article, “Why India warrants a separate allocation”, India continues to be the fastest-growing major economy in the world. Numerous benefits justify a separate allocation to the country, however, like all investment decisions an assessment of the risks is important. 

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Business News

SMSF Association CEO steps down

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Andrea Slattery has resigned from her role as SMSF Association chief executive.

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Compliance

NowInfinity to boost compliance features

Cloud-based specialist SMSF document provider NowInfinity will be enhancing its compliance support for advisers with a new service to be launched in March.

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Investments

SMSF interest in IPOs likely to lift

The current low interest environment facing SMSF members is likely to encourage them to consider allocating more money toward initial public offerings (IPO), the partner of an accounting firm has said.

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Business News

Early days for SMSFs, super: SocietyOne

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Peer-to-peer (P2P) lender SocietyOne has experienced growth in interest from SMSFs as investor funders, but believes it will take time to properly educate the sector on the emerging alternative asset class.

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ATO

SMSFA applauds ATO extension for SMSFs

The SMSF Association has welcomed the ATO’s decision to give trustees an extra three months to declare any tax planning schemes where personal income has been diverted to their SMSF.

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Business News

Managed account tech delivers faster ROAs

MA Operator’s new tool that produces records of advice (ROA) in a matter of seconds, rather than half an hour, is already resonating well with advisers as it removes significant costs for businesses and increases the accuracy of advice.

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Compliance

Urgent LRBA action required

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A specialist superannuation law firm has urged financial advisers to review the situation of their SMSF clients who have a non-bank limited recourse borrowing arrangement (LRBA) before the 31 January deadline.

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Regulation

TPB addresses cloud-based issues

The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has issued a practice notice clarifying how tax agents are expected to manage cloud-based activities in the servicing of clients.

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Business News

SMSFs to benefit from new Saxo partner

Saxo Capital Markets has collaborated with Autochartist for automated technical analysis tools and live trade signals, enabling users of SaxoTraderGo, including SMSFs, to cover and analyse the market across asset classes with greater efficiency.

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