SMSF TRUSTEES

Financial planning

IOOF has partnered with Zurich Australia Limited to launch a new product targeted at SMSF clients....

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Superannuation

When moving beyond ongoing high allocation to cash and fixed income, trustees of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) should consider the benefits of diversifying in...

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Superannuation

Concern that SMSF trustees do not have sufficient knowledge to diversify their portfolios....

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Superannuation

MLC’s Jessica Silva outlines situations where another person can or must act as an SMSF trustee for a person who is unable to do so themselves....

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Superannuation

SMSFs now have to consider the need to hold insurance cover for their members. Michael Hallinan outlines the practical implications of this change and the issues trustees...

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Superannuation

SPAA points to new ATO directive options for SMSFs....

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Funds management

A Multiport survey has found falling interest rates in recent months have resulted in SMSFs slightly decreasing their cash holdings in favour of fixed income and direct p...

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Superannuation

New research released at SPAA conference suggests SMSF trustees need adviser help on investment allocation....

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Superannuation

The latest data from the Australian Taxation Office appears to have confirmed that SMSFs remain the fastest-growing segment of the superannuation sector....

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Superannuation

A recent NSW Supreme Court case highlights the importance of appropriate trustee combinations as well as strategic mechanisms that assist when trustees don’t agree, accor...

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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

Super Concepts' Nicholas Ali provides tips on how to buy property in an SMSF without breaking the law....

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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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Superannuation

Is 2013 the year of election "super" promises - or has the landscape changed forever? Aaron Dunn writes....

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Accounting

Superannuation body warns of implications flowing from accountants, real estate agents, mortgage brokers and lawyers around SMSFs and property....

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