Fewer concessional contributions tax breaches may be occuring but more disputes around them are hitting the Super Complaints Tribunal....
Depoliticising super is a step in the right direction, according to SPAA CEO Andrea Slattery....
AMP has appointed SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australian (SPAA) technical director Peter Burgess as head of policy and technical across the institution’s SMSF divi...
Changes to the legislation around related party transactions for self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) could see trustees punished for unintentional breaches, accordin...
The Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT) is currently working through a raft of complaints about contributions tax deductions and has called for accountants to lift t...
Concern that SMSF trustees do not have sufficient knowledge to diversify their portfolios....
The IPA has restated its intention to over-ride APES 230 while accountants remain concerned that the APESB is not moving on the issue....
Europe remains a key risk to investment markets as they seek to move beyond the global financial crisis, according to Vanguard European economic specialist Peter Westaway...
Sundaram Business Services has announced a new offering it says is aimed at freeing up financial planners and dealer groups from administrative work....
SMSF administration company superMate has launched an additional feature to its cloud-based software platform — an automated depreciation schedule feature....
More than half of SMSF trustees fail to change to a more defensive asset allocation as they move into retirement. ...
SMSFs may be the fastest-growing segment of the superannuation industry but there are also high exit levels, according to data provided to the SPAA national conference in...
Coalition meets with senior industry figures and extends its commitments on super policy. ...
How investors present evidence to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) and how they explain them is critical to how the AAT looks at a case, according to SMH Lawyers...
Fraud victims are often reluctant to report the crime, according to Australian Crime Commission director Dr David Lacey. ...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...
increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...