SMSF ASSOCIATION

Superannuation

The SMSF sector has unsurprisingly welcomed Labor’s election loss, after an extensive campaign against the party’s dividend proposal that the SMSF Association claimed aim...

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SMSF

Self-managed superannuation funds both outperformed other super fund options and saw a decrease in operational costs, according to the latest statistics from the Australi...

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People & Products

The SMSF Association has appointed Tracey Scotchbrook and Michael Houlihan as members to the board....

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Superannuation

The SMSF Association has welcomed the Government’s proposed changes regarding calculating ECPI and increasing the age where the work test for making contributions to supe...

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Superannuation

The Labor Party’s confirmation on Friday that it would abolish franking credit rebates from 1 July 2019 discriminates against self-funded retirees, according to the SMSF ...

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Policy & Regulation

An outright ban on limited recourse borrowing arrangements could be avoided by just addressing risk factors, according to the SMSF Association....

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Superannuation

A major industry body has given the Federal Government’s proposal to increase the maximum number of members in self-managed superannuation funds from four to six....

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Superannuation

The SMSF Association has rejected Australian Council of Trade Unions calls' for another inquiry into the SMSF sector....

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Financial planning

FASEA will provide guidance to planners facing both the exam and Code of Ethics but hasn’t confirmed how long before the professionalisation regime kicks in in full force...

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Financial planning

Negative sentiment in the industry around Labor’s proposed franking dividends reform is still running high as Federal election predictions heat up, at least amongst advis...

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SMSF

The Australian Taxation Office last year focused its self-managed superannuation fund compliance investigations on non-lodgements, advice on illegal early release of fund...

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Superannuation

It’s hard to see how many of the Australian Labor Party’s (ALP’s) proposed superannuation reforms will improve superannuation for Australians, the SMSF Association Nation...

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Financial planning

The move to require specialist qualifications to give advice on SMSFs could come from the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority within two years, according to ...

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Superannuation

The superannuation industry urgently needs access to better data or it risks being subjected to recommendations or reports based on flawed data....

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Superannuation

A key industry body has advocated for a spousal rollover measure for super fund members to allow couples to even out their balances to try to minimise the gender retireme...

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