FRANKING CREDITS

Funds management

Australian investors remain unaware that total dividends rose close to eight per cent, in dollar terms, from 2017, Plato Investment Management warns....

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Funds management

Australian Foundation Investment Company has reported a 62.5 per cent growth in net profit to $250.3 million from the previous corresponding period....

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Policy & Regulation

Nearly 90 per cent of investors responding to a survey believe the Federal Opposition’s proposed removal of refundable franking credits will reduce their quality of life....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Labor Party’s policy to remove refundable franking credits would not just hit superannuation funds but also many managed funds with high Australian equitie...

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Superannuation

Treating self-managed superannuation funds differently to industry funds with respect to franking credits is un-Australian, according to financial services academic, Prof...

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Financial planning

People receiving financial advice are going to be better placed to deal with any move by a future Labor Government to remove refundable franking credits, according to the...

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Superannuation

The SMSF Association is selling the message that you don’t need $1 million to set up a self-managed superannuation fund but regulatory uncertainty does represent a major ...

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Superannuation

The Financial Services Council has found that ordinary Australians who are members of large super funds are the biggest group benefiting from franking credit refunds, adv...

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Superannuation

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has warned that the Labor Party’s proposal to abolish refundable franking credits needs to take into account the bedd...

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Funds management

Removing franking credits won’t just be a detriment to companies, but also national growth and innovation, according to Fidelity portfolio manager, Kate Howitt. ...

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Policy & Regulation

A senior South Australian financial planner has warned a Parliamentary Committee that middle-class retirees will be most affected by the Federal Opposition’s franking cre...

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Policy & Regulation

New analysis suggests that Labor’s proposed changes to dividend imputation could have unintended consequences extending well beyond SMSFs to industry and retail superannu...

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Policy & Regulation

The Alliance for a Fairer Retirement System has backed the government inquiry into Labor’s proposal to scrap refundable franking credits....

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Policy & Regulation

A Federal Government committee will examine the implications for investors if refundable franking credits were to be scrapped....

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Features

Anastasia Santoreneos speaks to financial planners and accountants to determine what the most effective and efficient strategies are to maximise tax benefits this end of ...

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Simon

Who get's the $10M? Where does the money go?? Might it end up in the CSLR to financially assist duped investors??? ...

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Squeaky'21

My view is that after 2026 there will be quite a bit less than 10,000 'advisers' (investment advisers) and less than 100...

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Jason Warlond

Dugald makes a great point that not everyone's definition of green is the same and gives a good example. Funds have bee...

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AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust have posted the financial results for the 2022–23 financial year for their combined 5.3 million members....

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A $34 billion fund has come out on top with a 13.3 per cent return in the last 12 months, beating out mega funds like Australian Retirement Trust and Aware Super. ...

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The verdict in the class action case against AMP Financial Planning has been delivered in the Federal Court by Justice Moshinsky....

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