SMSF TRUSTEES

Editorial

AMP's acquisition of Cavendish Group marked the beginning of a major push into the SMSF sector, while in the same month IOOF launched its bid for Plan B....

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Superannuation

AMP’s Philip LaGreca explores the key considerations for SMSF trustees investing in overseas property....

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Superannuation

A number of risks are looming large on the radars of SMSF advisers, according to the principal of consultant actuarial firm Rice Warner, Michael Rice....

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Superannuation

Centric Wealth has pointed to pitfalls now confronting SMSFs in meeting insurance requirements....

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Superannuation

SMSF trustees are increasingly questioning their capacity to run an SMSF in their later years and are looking at switching to a managed fund arrangement in retirement, ac...

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Editorial

How can you tell that SMSFs are the 'hot ticket' with respect to financial services revenue generation? When virtually all sectors of the industry are competing for terri...

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Financial planning

SMSFs perform similarly regardless of whether trustees rely on advisers, accountants or their own research, according to a Rice Warner study....

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Superannuation

There has been debate around how SMSFs use limited recourse borrowing arrangements. SPAA technical director Peter Burgess weighs up the benefits and risks....

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Superannuation

ATO is worried that SMSFs do not fully understand their obligations under the law when investing in property - or are taking advantage of the system....

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Superannuation

The risks inherent in limited recourse borrowing are significant and should be considered carefully by SMSF trustees, according to Peter Burgess, technical director of th...

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Superannuation

Allocations to Australian equities by SMSF trustees did not keep pace with the strong performance of the share market in the September quarter, according to the latest Mu...

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Superannuation

Many SMSFs appear to have missed the pick-up in equities returns....

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Superannuation

SPAA CEO Andrea Slattery points to possibilities for SMSFs in biotechnology and life science investment....

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Superannuation

The regulatory controls on the manner in which SMSFs approach risk insurance coverage for fund members are tightening in a number of respects, writes Macquarie Adviser Se...

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Superannuation

The SMSF sector is well placed to deal with the challenges of post-retirement, according to SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery....

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