Centrelink attribution & testamentary trusts

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Do your clients with testamentary trusts have beneficiaries who are Centrelink administered benefit recipients? Have you discussed how these arrangements will operate and the impact they will have on the... Read more continue reading

Negotiating aged care accommodation bonds

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This Article was updated on December 17, 2013 – To view the update click here. Too often articles and information published on aged care focus on how to reduce the accommodation bond.... Read more continue reading

The 10 questions investors are asking…and the answers

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What are the top 10 questions advisers are getting from their clients? Here they are – with answers provided by Fidelity Worldwide Investment. How does the situation in Europe affect... Read more continue reading

Investment Insight: investing in equities

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AMP Capital’s Head of Dynamic Asset Allocation Nader Naeimi examines the opportunities in investing in equities in a time of economic weakness and political uncertainty and what really are the... Read more continue reading

How can your SMSF clients utilise their place of work in their SMSF investment

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It’s easy to take the line that if it looks and smells like an in-house asset, then it probably is. Not only is this limiting the investment opportunities available to... Read more continue reading

Investors returning to high quality secured credit

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The reputation of secured credit investments was badly tarnished by the global financial crisis, and with some justification.  Not surprisingly therefore, many investors are asking: is there good reason to... Read more continue reading

China: Well-placed for a second half recovery

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Chinese retail sales rose by 13.1 per cent on a year ago (consensus 13.5 per cent); industrial production was up 9.2 per cent (consensus 9.7 per cent); and fixed asset... Read more continue reading

China – can it save us again?

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Investors and businesses, here and overseas, are closely watching China to see if it can once again pull itself and the West out of a downturn. Market sentiment regarding China... Read more continue reading

Renovating property inside an SMSF

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Some investors have misconstrued the ATO’s decision to allow SMSFs to renovate older residential housing. Many have missed the point that renovations can only occur for ungeared property if trustees are... Read more continue reading

Financial services industry responds to the changing needs of aged care advice

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The Federal Government’s aged care reforms that were announced earlier this year has sharply brought into focus the area of financial planning that addresses the need for advice to residents... Read more continue reading