SELF-MANAGED SUPER FUNDS

Financial planning

The compulsory 9 per cent superannuation guarantee levy plus the advent of the Government's new co-contributions arrangements saw the nation's superannuation assets rise ...

Financial planning

Listed financial planning and accounting business WHK Group, formerly known as Investor Group, has continued its strategy of expansion through acquisition with the additi...

Financial planning

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Superannuation

ASIC is shutting down 11 Melbourne-based self-managed superannuation fund companies related to the PFS Group....

Funds management

The recent stellar performance of commodity markets has prompted the separate release of two capital guaranteed commodity products for retail investors by Macquarie Portf...

Financial planning

Hopes that the introduction of choice of fund would boost business for financial advisers appear to have been dashed, with a new survey showing the majority of planners w...

Superannuation

The gentle rumble that was self-managed super has grown into a resounding roar over the last few years. I guess it’s for all the right reasons – a sense of control, the p...

Financial planning

Many a financial planner would have spat out their coffee last June when news of the biggest potential shake-up of financial planning education landed on their desk. A sm...

Financial planning

Investors in Navigator’s personal investment plan will now be able to purchase shares directly, as well as access research through Aegis Independent Equities Research and...

Editorial

As employers look to find a path through the choice regime, STUART KORCHINSKI explains how clearing houses for contributions will become more important than ever....

Superannuation

The Investment and Financial Services Association has released a fact sheet on self-managed super funds, the 30th fact sheet to be released in its online Getting the Edge...

Superannuation

No one has been particularly surprised at the recent clash which has erupted between industry and retail super funds over the issue of choice, but the DIY super sector ha...

Superannuation

Accountants could face fines of up to $220,000 if they provide misleading advice on self-managed super funds....

Accounting

The financial planning and fund management industries will push for accountants to be expelled from a Financial Services Reform Act exemption, claiming they will oversell...

Superannuation

The SMSF Professional’s Association of Australia has launched a new accreditation program for advisers, pre-empting Australian Taxation Office plans to double the number ...

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