SELF-MANAGED SUPER FUNDS

Financial planning

Australian Unity Personal Financial Services (PFS) is focusing on growing its adviser base by marketing itself as a non-aligned financial services organisation, according...

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Superannuation

In a draft exposure for self-managed super funds (SMSF) related party transfers, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has urged Treasury to conside...

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Superannuation

Will 2013 be the defining year for self-managed super funds? Bryan Ashenden's policy overview discusses the implications for advisers....

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Superannuation

Between limited licenses and auditor registration, it seems 2013 may see SMSFs experience more change more quickly than they ever have previously. ...

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Superannuation

A major industry superannuation fund is changing its legal structure to allow SMSFs to invest in its underlying investment platform....

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Superannuation

In the wake of APRA's warning that loans to SMSFs are more complex than those in a traditional retail environment, Craig Morgan, director of SMSF Loans, has voiced his di...

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Financial planning

Engaging inactive clients will be one of the biggest challenges facing financial advisers in the post-FOFA world, according to executive general manager of advice and mar...

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Financial planning

SPAA has come out in support of the Government's move to label LRBAs as a financial product, which would mean only financial planners will be able to advise on these arra...

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Superannuation

Recently published statistics on SMSFs point to a healthy sector, according to SPAA's Graeme Colley....

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Funds management

Property Investment Professionals of Australia (PIPA) has called for property to be regulated as a financial product under the Corporations Act....

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Superannuation

While SMSFs are representative of a massive opportunity for many within the super industry, there are also a host of providers looking to the sector for exactly the wrong...

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Superannuation

The use of retail fund managers by SMSFs has grown over the past three years, according to Plan For Life....

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Superannuation

One-on-one communication with retirees about their likely annual income in retirement is set to be a common tactic used by super funds to engage members....

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People & Products

The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has appointed Brett Kenny to the board....

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Funds management

Industry commentators have tried to outline an approach by which the boutique funds industry can avoid being sidelined by the rise in self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and...

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