SMSF

Superannuation

To fill a gap in SMSF graduate programs and to lift standards in the sector, a new SMSF qualification has been established....

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Financial planning

A former company director has been sentenced to over two years in jail for fraudulently misappropriating almost $300,000 of investor funds in a property development in Qu...

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Policy & Regulation

Serious structural flaws have been identified as inhibitors to accountants participating in the new limited licensing regime....

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Editorial

Accountants continue to drag their feet with respect to the new limited licensing regime but, as Mike Taylor reports, they risk provoking a regulatory shadow shop. ...

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Features

While fixed property holdings in SMSFs can be an attractive prospect there are many debt and liquidity risks associated and advisers have a number of factors they need to...

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Superannuation

BT Financial Group has selected Class Super to provide accounting software for BT Panorama’s SMSF administration offer....

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Financial planning

Industry fund trustees and executives believe SMSFs are not being appropriately regulated by the ATO and should fall under the watch of APRA....

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Financial planning

Trio Capital’s direct and SMSF investors not covered by the SIS Act will not be further compensated by the Government....

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Superannuation

CMH Financial Group is under an enforceable undertaking after ASIC found the firm to be giving SMSF advice that was not in their clients’ best interest....

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Superannuation

The SMSF Association has partnered with Kaplan Professional to launch an SMSF graduate certificate for those wanting to add a specialisation to their financial qualificat...

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Accounting

While a limited licence may seem like a more cost-effective option for accountants, this may not be the case when back office, continuing support and professional indemni...

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Accounting

Kaplan has announced an intensive workshop for accountants on the advice giving process, and translating that into statements of advice....

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Superannuation

SMSF investors need to invest in a more diverse range of equities to grow wealth at a much faster rate, OnMarket BookBuilds believes....

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Superannuation

Australian SMSF software provider, Class, has surpassed a total of 100,000 billable portfolios on its cloud platform....

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Financial planning

Both ASIC and the Tax Practitoners Board have warned accountants of the potential high cost of not being licensed....

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