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Consultation Paper 133 Agribusiness managed investment schemes - improving disclosure for retail investors

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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May 25 2010

ASIC is currently seeking stakeholder feedback on Consultation Paper 133 Agribusiness managed investment schemes: Improving disclosure for retail investors, issued on 8 April 2010

Managed investment trusts making CGT choice

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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July 14 2010

If you are an Australian managed investment trust you may make a choice that certain assets of your trust are to be treated on capital rather than revenue account e.g. shares and land

Trusts is streaming of income permitted?

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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July 14 2010

Up until the decision of the High Court in Bamford the Commissioner has accepted that a trustee may stream categories of income to different beneficiaries e.g. capital gains and franked dividends

The future of financial advice: the devil will (probably) be in the detail

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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July 22 2011

In the aftermath of high profile corporate collapses resulting in significant losses for Australian investors acting on financial advice, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services launched an inquiry into the financial planning industry

Financial requirements for responsible entities to change from 1 November 2012

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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February 15 2012

While responsible entities of managed investment schemes still have a reasonable period of time to prepare for the changes ASIC has made to the financial requirements under their Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL), the changes significantly increase the regulatory and financial burden they face

PDS requirements for agribusiness schemes to change from 1 August 2012

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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February 15 2012

ASIC issued a consultation paper in April 2010 with proposals to improve disclosure to retail investors in relation to agribusiness schemes following the spectacular collapses of these types of schemes in 2009

PDS requirements for infrastructure schemes to change from 1 July 2012

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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February 15 2012

ASIC issued two consultation papers in April 2010 and April 2011 with proposals to improve disclosure to retail investors in relation to infrastructure schemes following the problems which arose in relation to the unit trust established to finance the Brisbane Airport Link infrastructure project

Managed investment trusts increase in withholding tax

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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May 31 2012

The Government has announced that MIT withholding tax which is currently only 7.5 for foreign investors who are resident in a country with which Australia has a tax information sharing agreement will be increased to 15

Stamp duty abolition timetable extended again

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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June 27 2012

The NSW Government has once again extended the timetable for abolition of stamp duty on unlisted marketable securities, mortgages and transfer of non-land business assets for another 12 months