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July - September 2019 archive

• SMSFs attract younger members
• Heed restrictions on downsizer contributions
• Access to more resources and tools than most websites.
• Valuations key to avoiding NALI restrictions
• SMSF advice appetite strong, says ASIC
• For a smoother path to investment success, diversify
• How's Australia doing statistically?
• LRBA changes mostly affect Melbourne, Sydney retirees
• Lessons from the 2019 Index Chart
• The global economy at midyear: How our views have changed
• The biggest global corporations since 1998
• ‘Retrospective’ LRBA measures tipped to cause headaches
• Downsizer Super Contribution
• Keep track of how Australia is really ticking over.
• Insights from the 2019 Vanguard / Investment Trends SMSF survey
• What falling interest rates mean for investors
• ATO releases ‘welcome guidance’ on death benefit income streams
• Super growth reducing age pension drawdown
• Big four firm outlines new financial year checklist for SMSFs
• Asset allocation as you age
• Australia - the story goes on.
• Consolidate your super and save
• Critical documentation steps flagged with switching SMSF loans
• Good investment habits versus damaging biases
• Control considerations flagged with death benefit pensions for children
• Interest rate for SMSF loans set to rise under safe harbour terms

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