SELF-MANAGED SUPERANNUATION FUNDS

Superannuation

People running self-managed superannuation funds need to review their position with respect to compliance at least three or four times a year, according to specialist sup...

Accounting

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Investments and Financial Services Association (IFSA) have moved to head off a further bid by accountants to get a larger...

Financial planning

With a Coalition Government not only returned to power, but also set to gain control of the Senate, what is the outlook for superannuation?...

Superannuation

The trustees of a number of self-managed superannuation funds can expect to be contacted by both the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and the Australian Prudential Regula...

Superannuation

Accountancy body CPA Australia has identified a substantial knowledge gap among those involved in self-managed superannuation funds, with claims that around a third do no...

Financial planning

It’s been another busy week for financial planner Jennifer Moss. If it’s not new legislation to deal with, it’s clients confusing you with the Yellow Pages, she writes in...

Superannuation

The trustees of a number of self-managed superannuation funds can expect to be contacted by both the Australian Taxation Office and the Australian Prudential Regulation A...

Financial planning

Superannuation funds with fewer than 50 members may still pay a defined benefit pension under a one-year transitional rule. Liang P Leow reports....

Superannuation

Web Abstract long compulsory...

Superannuation

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

Financial planning

Complying pensions within SMSFs have been given a year long reprieve after widespread industry and community protest. Jason Spits looks at how the change came about and w...

Financial planning

Vanguard Investments has tweaked the composition of the ASX200 Index by excluding listed property trusts to form the basis of a new Australian share fund which aims to de...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has again moved successfully against the promoter of an illegal early release of superannuation scheme....

Superannuation

The Federal Government has backed down on plans to remove complying pensions from self managed superannuation funds (SMSF) with the addition of a transition allowing use ...

Superannuation

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

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