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21 December 2018

Compliance, tax advice in strongest demand from SMSFs

While investment advice is the most valued by SMSF clients, compliance and tax are still the areas that SMSF trustees required the most assistance with, according to recent research.
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13 December 2018

Franking credit policy to dent retirement savings by 15 per cent

Data analysis based on a 20-year time frame indicates that Labor’s franking credit proposal could reduce retirement savings by 15 per cent for SMSFs with an average balance.
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9 December 2018

Information needed to be the BBQ expert.

Comprehensive statistics on how Australia is performing.
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4 December 2018

Hungry for income? Choose carefully.

When you are working or looking for a job, it’s only natural to think about the size of your paycheck. After all, you need to pay your bills, and it always helps to have a little extra.
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30 November 2018

Retiree self-protection: A volatility-and-downturn ‘bucket’

The latest fall in share prices close to the 10-year anniversary of the global financial crisis (GFC) is likely to prompt more retirees and near-retirees to think about creating a volatility-and-downturn cash bucket.
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27 November 2018

How financial advice helps create wealth.

An article based on a 16 year study by Vanguard Investments Pty Ltd.
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20 November 2018

Superannuation gender gap narrowing, research shows

Over the past decade, there has been improvement in the number of women holding superannuation accounts and the size of their superannuation balances compared with that of men, according to a research house.
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16 November 2018

All the stats you need to see how Australia is going.

            An up-to-date snapshot of Australia's vital statistics.     Please click on the following link to see all this interesting information. The areas covered are: Overview Markets GDP Labour Prices Money Trade Government Business Consumer Housing Taxes Climate   Access all this data here.   tradingeconomics.com  
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12 November 2018

Market downturns, like this one, are to be expected

It's been awhile since there's been a drop in the markets as sharp, broad and sudden as last week's.
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9 November 2018

ATO claws back $850m in unpaid SG in FY 17-18

Compliance activities undertaken by the ATO in the 2017-18 financial year saw the ATO raise around $850 million in unpaid super entitlements.
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6 November 2018

‘Hefty penalties’ with TRIS payment failures, SMSFs warned

With clients who fail to pay the minimum pension payments for TRISs potentially up for illegal early release and significant penalties, SMSF practitioners have been urged to pay close attention in this area.
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2 November 2018

The global financial crisis: Behind us but far from over

Ten years ago this month, Lehman Brothers, the fourth-largest US investment bank, filed for bankruptcy protection.
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