Financial Planning

Data only just released by the Australian Tax Office, detailing the asset allocations for all SMSFs in the quarter to the end of June, shows there was still a large investment weighting at that time towards cash and term deposits.

The response by our Governments to the COVID-19 crisis has been a very good one.  Following is a comprehensive listing of links to important Federal and State initiatives and programs since the pandemic began.

SMSF investors will increasingly be attracted to investments offering capital preservation post-COVID, with volatile markets and lower dividends compromising their ability to meet investment objectives, according to an asset manager.

Vanguard surveyed more than 850 millennials in the U.S. currently aged 24 to 39, who make at least US$50,000 per year, as part of a broader study on how people across different generations feel about retirement, investing, and financial advice during market volatility.

The following 35 links break the 2020 Federal Budget down into bite size bits.

The following links are to Fact Sheets that describe in detail how the Federal Government feels the 2020 Budget will impact you.

These three areas cover all you will need to know but the accompanying two articles cover more specific topics and they might help you better understand how the Budget affects you.

The legislative instrument implementing the changes to the JobKeeper scheme over the extended period was registered on 15 September 2020.

The 80 cents per hour work-from-home deduction method has now been extended for a further three months to the end of the year.

As a new wave of investors enter the Australian share market, new trends begin to emerge.