SMSF

Superannuation

New analysis from self-managed superannuation funds administrator Class has revealed the 2016 Budget changes sliced 25 per cent of the tax-free assets available to self-m...

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Superannuation

The Productivity Commission has been warned that both its methodology and attitude to self-managed superannuation funds may have opened the sector to attack from other el...

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Superannuation

Class Limited has highlighted what it describes as significant SMSF gaps in the Productivity Commission's Superannuation Report and said is performing its own analysis to...

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Policy & Regulation

ASIC has banned Queensland financial adviser, James Cribb, from providing financial services for four years. ...

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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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SMSF

After identifying interest from customers wanting to purchase cryptocurrency with their super, Cointree is partnering with SMSF accounting services provider New Brighton ...

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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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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association said it supports the practical tips that ASIC has provided to planners to improve the quality of the advice they give to clients....

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Financial planning

As much as 90 per cent of advice provided in setting up a self-managed superannuation fund was non-compliant, according to a new Australian Securities and Investments Com...

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Expert Analysis

Graeme Colley looks at the history of regulation on Limited Recourse Borrowing Arrangements, analysing how the most recent proposed changes will impact superannuation mem...

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Expert Analysis

Jonathan Steffanoni looks at how the Productivity Commission’s recent recommendations regarding the superannuation industry highlight the importance of performance and ef...

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Superannuation

Industry funds representative organisation, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, has told the Treasury that self-managed superannuation funds should be pu...

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People & Products

The self-managed superannuation fund software provider said it has delivered new functionality that allows partners to build applications that support direct access for i...

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Superannuation

An additional 15 per cent tax will be applied to taxable death benefits if the benefits are paid to non-tax dependents, says the SMSF Alliance....

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Superannuation

Self-managed superannuation funds are lagging on annual return lodgements compared to last year, suggesting accountants have a big month ahead....

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