SMSF TRUSTEES

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Sentiment among SMSF investors has improved, although the urge to hold and accumulate cash remains high....

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Chan and Naylor's David Hasib urges crackdown on "rogues" promoting and advising on SMSFs....

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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. David...

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The equivalent of a large industry super fund moves out of existing funds every year and goes into new or existing SMSFs, according to Townsend Business and Corporate Law...

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MLC senior technical consultant Mike Mitchell outlines some of the challenges faced by SMSFs wishing to make anti-detriment payments....

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Holley Nethercote’s David Court outlines the ATO's 2012-13 SMSF compliance focus and regulatory developments in areas such as insurance and asset valuations....

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SMSFs that receive zero interest loans from a fund member may need to unwind the arrangement or deal with the impacts of changing legislation, according to Macquarie Bank...

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Ever since the Trio Capital scandal, the message has been clear: SMSFs are on their own and defenceless against fraud. But as Andrea Slattery explains, SMSFs indeed have ...

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The decision of most investors to hoard cash for the past few years was no surprise, but as Damon Taylor reports, the SMSF investment story might be starting to change....

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Australian Taxation Office assistant commissioner for superannuation Stuart Forsyth has cast doubt on reports that there are 478,000 self-managed super funds operating in...

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SMSFs that combine to purchase property could face legal action despite the legality of the purchase, executives advised at the Institute of Chartered Accountants SMSF co...

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ASFA urges the Government to extend the ATO's ability to use administrative penalties with respect to SMSFs....

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AIST chief executive Fiona Reynolds suggests SMSFs have grown too large for effective ATO supervision....

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Financial advisers should encourage the children of SMSF trustees to join the SMSF as members to lower their administration costs and as a way of engaging the younger gen...

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Despite some questioning of the safety of SMSFs, new research has confirmed SMSF trustees are generally more satisfied than members of other types of superannuation funds...

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