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Indexed articles, last 90 days
13
Latest publication
Sep 23, 2026
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Jul 9, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Andrew Hobbs

    The Boomer investment strategy that beats the new CGT (opens the original)

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    The looming changes to capital gains tax are forcing investors to ask whether it’s better to ditch growth assets in favour of high-yielding assets on the assumption that they will pay less tax on the profits they make. Data from online investment site Investment Markets supports this: about 40 per cent of new inflows are going to yield-based investments, up from the longer-term average of about 25 per cent.

  2. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Andrew Hobbs

    Big super loses $47b to SMSFs over four years (opens the original)

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    Investors shifted about $27 billion from industry superannuation funds to self-managed super funds over the four years to June 30, propelling the sector to a record 680,000 funds holding more than $1.1 trillion. In total, about $47 billion was rolled out of industry, retail and public-sector super into SMSFs over that period, according to an analysis of new data provided by software provider Class.

  3. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Andrew Hobbs

    Chalmers’ trust changes preserve the bucket company (opens the original)

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    Labor has backed away from a steep tax penalty on so-called bucket companies used by discretionary trusts, making changes to its May budget proposal that also preserve a popular form of income splitting. Draft legislation released on Thursday allows existing trusts to avoid the planned new 30 per cent minimum tax on distributions via a one-time election that locks in distributions to individuals or bucket companies (also known as corporate beneficiaries) at a fixed rate. Gift 5 articles to anyon

  4. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Andrew Hobbs

    ‘Grinding halt’: Family trust formation smashed by new tax (opens the original)

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    The formation of new discretionary trusts has plunged since budget night, with a leading trust documentation provider revealing a 70 per cent fall in July and August. The plunge on Hub24’s NowInfinity legal document creation platform was mirrored at other groups that advise on the formation of discretionary trusts. Accountant William Buck noted a 66 per cent slide since budget night, and Smats Group said it had fallen 50 per cent in the first two months of the financial year. Gift 5 articles to

  5. Article · Aug 19, 2026 · Andrew Hobbs

    Phil retired overseas and took his super with him. You could, too (opens the original)

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    A50-year love affair with Bali and the lifestyle it offers was the main reason Phil Cortis and his partner Gerry decided to retire there, but the fact that he could take his superannuation with him certainly helped. “I spent a lot of time there – visiting an average of once a year for 50 years – and so it was an obvious place to retire to,” Cortis, 72, says from the home he rents in Seminyak, with his partner Gerry, 52, an Indonesian-born Australian.

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