Looking across the investment landscape for clear winners and losers is not a simple task, with more grey than black and white coming into view. While performances are be...
Retail advisers have traditionally shied away from alternative investments, but an upswing in the market could see them become a hot ticket option in 2014, particularly f...
ASFA claims SMSFs utilising limited recourse borrowing arrangements are yet to have a significant impact on residential property markets....
SMSF trustees should look to commercial property to avoid overheated residential property investment market. ...
More Australians need to have a financial enduring power of attorney in case they physically and mentally decline and are unable to make decisions....
The recognition of women in the financial services sector reached new heights this year with the launch of a number of dedicated award schemes and programs....
Specialist ETF research house AltaVista Research announced last week it had added eight newly-issued ETFs to its research universe. ...
Australian Unity Investments (AUI) has proposed to merge its Australian Unity Fifth Commercial Trust (FCT) with its unlisted Australian Unity Office Property Fund (OPF), ...
Townsends Business & Corporate Lawyers' Peter Townsend outlines some of the do's and don'ts for maintaining a bare trust in a LRBA....
Two bodies representing industry super funds have called for improvement in the quality of advice provided to clients, questioning some of the drivers behind the growth o...
Although tax exemption when selling a person’s main residence is usually a routine matter, things can go badly wrong in some quite unexpected ways, writes Chris Ardagna....
SMSF trustees cautioned to ensure they understand the details of establishing bare trusts where limited recourse borrowing is concerned. ...
SPAA supports ASIC on property spruikers but maintains that, properly-advised, property is a legitimate SMSF investment....
ASIC has signalled a crackdown on unlicensed property spruikers who advocate self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investment without the proper authority...
Recent court case creates uncertainty about GST payments on recently purchased properties, including those insides SMSFs. ...
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,...