Financial planners need to establish self-managed super funds with reserves to create more flexibility, argues SMSF Strategies principal Grant Abbott....

Coin Software has launched a new comprehensive SOA template to help financial advisers consolidate the data-gathering process and create greater efficiencies in the workp...

The SPAA has criticised the ATO for the way it handles new SMSFs in its Super Fund Look Up system, claiming that new SMSFs do not appear to be compliant....

Reform to self-managed super funds (SMSF) could cause greater complications in the sector, says Townsend Business & Corporate Lawyers principal Peter Townsend....

The National Institute of Accountants (NIA) has called on the Government to ease requirements on self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and phase out the contributions tax in i...

With disclosure and fee flexibility at the forefront of concerns, Quantum Warrants claims that their online property warrant offering for self-managed super funds, Quantu...

The Tax Office has issued an alert about life insurance bonds issued from tax havens to Australian residents that are aimed at circumventing tax payable under foreign inv...

Aviva Australia's separately managed accounts (SMA) are available to investors on its Navigator platform from today, the first time, according to the wealth manager, an S...

The cost of providing financial advice has not been readily measured or quantified across the industry, writes Paul Barrett....

The Cooper Review into Australia's superannuation system has officially kicked off with the release yesterday of its scoping paper setting out the review's approach and t...

The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) is writing up guidelines that would require all its trustees to do a minimum of 30 hours continuous professiona...

Unlicensed managed investment scheme raised approximately $7.9 million from investors....

Will be paying close attention to claims relating to managed investment schemes and other retail products over coming year....

All sectors of the superannuation industry now represented on the Cooper Review panel: SPAA....