Actuarial certification offering being well received in SMSF sector....

ASFA has moved to extend its education services to SMSF trustees....

Financial planners have indicated platform providers are not delivering well enough on their direct share offerings, with planner satisfaction remaining flat in 2011 acco...

SMSF trustees need to look outside the square with respect to property investment....

MLC targets relatively new entrants with SMSF strategy paper....

Snowball Group has given investors an indication of its plans for the merger with Shadforth Financial Group Holdings, with integration, enhanced services and further merg...

In a submission to the Government's draft regulations on collectibles and personal use assets in SMSFs, an industry association has asked for even further tightening of t...

Some changes under the Government's Future of Financial Advice reforms will not have the intended results, unfairly targeting the smaller players and favouring large inst...

Dixon Advisory has successfully closed the initial public offer for its US residential property fund for Australian investors, receiving more than double the minimum subs...

Superannuation accounts for children carry the built-in asset of time as a valid long-term savings option. However, Sarina Raffo discovers establishing a fund for younger...

Principals of the newly launched Self-Managed Super Funds (SMSF) Academy have flagged plans to enter the RG146 space in the near future, depending on the changes flowing ...

Super and accounting bodies have applauded the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC's) guidelines on art and collectibles in self-managed super funds....

Vanguard has added three exchange-traded funds to its existing offering of four ETF products, and has also significantly decreased the management fees on its two existing...

With the Government having released its FOFA proposals, Rick Cosier writes that financial planners have fallen victim to a range of blatant misconceptions that need to be...