SMSF ASSOCIATION

Superannuation

The SMSF Association has joined the choir welcoming the Government’s backdown on raising the Age Pension to 70, saying that reliance on the Pension is decreasing as super...

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Superannuation

Amid continued debate over the Government’s triennial auditing proposal for SMSFs, the SMSF Association has warned that the change would not produce significant cost savi...

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People & Products

The SMSF Association has welcomed the new Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Minister for Treasury and Finance....

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Financial planning

The SMSF Association has backed a Productivity Commission recommendation to rename “general advice” in circumstances where the information provided to clients by some adv...

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Financial planning

The professional body representing the SMSF sector has called on FASEA to provide more guidance about how recognised prior learning for existing financial advisers will b...

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People & Products

Liam Shorte, a SMSF specialist adviser and financial planner from Verante Financial Planning, has been appointed to the SMSF Association board. ...

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Superannuation

The SMSF Association has welcomed the Government’s decisions to extend consultation on the proposed three-yearly audit cycle for some self-managed superannuation funds....

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Financial planning

The high cost of acquiring and then maintaining code-monitoring status may finally serve to unite the key financial planning organisations....

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Financial planning

The SMSF Association has downplayed some elements of the highly critical ASIC report suggesting high levels of non-compliant advice, claiming suggestions of client detrim...

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Financial planning

The SMSF Association has announced that 14 of its members are on the list of Barron’s Top 50 financial advisers for 2018....

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Superannuation

With 30 June closing in, there are several critical issues SMSF trustees and their advisers must consider when lodging their annual returns, the SMSF Association says....

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Superannuation

The SMSF Association’s auditor members are concerned about the details of the proposed Budget changes and the effects on their audit businesses....

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Superannuation

A Budget proposal that self-managed superannuation funds with a good compliance history only be audited once every three years has been welcomed by the SMSF Association....

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Superannuation

Former Cooper Review chairman Jeremy Cooper has been appointed to the SMSF Association’s public policy committee....

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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has cautioned the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority to be mindful of the importance of retaining advisers in the plan...

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