Macquarie Bank's David Barrett takes a closer look at the cost complexities of setting up a SMSF....
ASFA suggests the development of specialised accreditation for planners providing retirement and post-retirement advice....
Financial product-style regulation would be a poor fit for SMSFs, SPAA says....
ASFA claims SMSFs utilising limited recourse borrowing arrangements are yet to have a significant impact on residential property markets....
AIST has used its initial FSR submission to continue its push against conflicted remuneration, particularly asset-based fees....
The ICAA has defended the ATO’s SMSF jurisdiction while suggesting consumers need to take more responsibility for their advice outcomes....
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is pushing all taxpayers with offshore assets to declare their interests before it starts a global clampdown on tax evasion....
While the quantum of overseas shares held in SMSFs has been increasing, it is still miniscule as a percentage of total SMSF assets. ...
Global equities make up only a small proportion of total self-managed super fund (SMSF) assets and investors are “missing the boat”, according to Insync Fund Managers....
Slater & Gordon has launched a campaign to encourage “ordinary Australians” to track down lost super....
New legislation that empowers the tax office to hand out reformist penalties to SMSF trustees who inadvertently break the law has been praised by SPAA....
SPAA has argued the self-managed super fund levy could come down substantially after recent government measures saw the clearing of the tax amendments backlog....
New legislation has lifted the penalty regime around illegal early release super schemes....
The Australian Taxation Office is cracking down on non-lodging self-managed super funds, declaring them as non-persons if they do not lodge two or more returns....
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will have stewardship of the SuperStream gateway network for two years, the Treasury has said. ...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...