SuperConcepts has warned that the Productivity Commission’s revision of the minimum viability threshold for SMSFs to $500,000 is misleading, saying a figure of half that ...
Financial advisers have emerged as unwitting casualties of the Productivity Commission’s final report on superannuation competitiveness and efficiency....
With adviser education set to be a continued focus for the industry in the new year, the SMSF Association has welcomed the Productivity Commission’s call for high advice ...
Commercial property lender Thinktank has urged regulators and the Government not to ban the use of limited recourse borrowing arrangements within SMSFs....
Members are more satisfied with industry superannuation funds than with their retail counterparts, with satisfaction with self-managed superannuation funds highest of all...
New research from Roy Morgan has suggested that financial planners and self-managed superannuation funds pose a risk to member retention by industry superannuation funds....
Perpetual Corporate Trust has gained the nod as responsible entity for the MCP Master Income Trust....
Members need to think twice about establishing SMSFs if all they are going to do is sit in cash, managed funds, and a few shares, Perpetual Private warns....
Craig Swanger looks at the retirement income dilemma and why SMSF trustees are starting to look to fixed income. ...
SMSF investors continue to favour Australian shares, cash and term deposits while ignoring international shares, putting their retirement income at considerable risk, Fin...
Investors and advisers are incorrectly adopting a short-term investment skew when it comes to self-managed super funds, with a platform-driven gearing towards liquid asse...
Founder of ETF Portfolio Solutions Tim Bradbury has announced he is moving to MSCI as its vice president of ETF client coverage in Australia....
SMSFs breed more satisfied Australian customers than their industry and retail counterparts, according to a survey. ...
AMP SMSF has backed calls for making it compulsory for financial advisers to undertake specific training if they are going to advise on SMSFs....
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has taken its case against a property company to the Supreme Court, arguing the group is spruiking the use of ...
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,...
increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...