SELF-MANAGED SUPER FUNDS

Financial planning

Listed financial services firm Snowball Group has forged its second advice alliance in as many months after announcing it has struck a deal with Sydney-based planning pra...

Financial planning

Proving that advice is given in the best interests of clients is more critical than ever if financial planners want to avoid a day in court, writes Paul Resnik....

Financial planning

Shadforths associate and private client adviser Tony Gray is in an enviable position....

Superannuation

The future of Australia’s mushrooming $130 billion self-managed super funds industry is bracing itself ahead of the weekend’s Federal Election, according to the SMSF Prof...

Editorial

Money might not be gushing into individually managed accounts, but there are a range of providers that strongly believe in the sector. Kate Kachor spoke to some groups th...

Superannuation

Nick Bruining takes a serious look at the impact of choice of fund legislation on the asset management and self-managed super arena....

Superannuation

The Australian Tax Office has issued a stern warning to the 560,000 Australians managing their own super by releasing guidelines clearly outlining instances in which trus...

Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has launched a new investment vehicle - Capital India - to provide Australian investors with access to the Indian stock market....

Superannuation

Assistant Treasurer Helen Coonan has committed to examining the transitional issues of soon-to-launch market-linked pension products, quelling superannuation industry con...

Superannuation

Self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) have been hit by a surprise in the Budget which will require accumulation funds to allocate all contributions and fully vest ben...

Policy & Regulation

Superannuation industry figure Barbara Smith has on the eve of the Federal Budget urged Treasurer Peter Costello to remove some of the taxes on super funds because they a...

Superannuation

Financial advisers and accountants may still benefit from establishing strategic alliances with each other in relation to providing advice on self managed super funds (SM...

Financial planning

Peter Leggett lives a charmed life. The Melbourne planner was just metres away when the World Trade Center came down and in Bali the day terrorists bombed the Sari Club....

Accounting

The Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (ICAA) has warned accountants moving into financial planning for the first time should not expect to achieve full profita...

Superannuation

Trustees of self managed superannuation funds have been warned by the Australian Taxation Office that it intends progressively moving beyond education to enforcement....

sub-bgsidebar subscription

Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry

MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months 2 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

2 months 2 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

4 months 3 weeks ago

ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

4 days 23 hours ago

The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

1 week 3 days ago

ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

2 weeks 1 day ago