SMSF

Superannuation

A Sydney-sider is facing up to 20 years imprisonment, after being charged with dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage by deception in relation to SMSF property inves...

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Superannuation

SMSF Association chief executive, Andrea Slattery, has pointed to the need for super policy certainty amid the current market volatility....

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Superannuation

Labor Financial Services spokesman, Jim Chalmers, says Governments should not try to favour particular super sectors....

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Financial planning

Accountants have been warned they simply can’t continue to give SMSF advice as they always have....

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Accounting

Accountants who do not obtain a limited AFSL before 1 July 2016, could be forced to wait until 2019 to provide SMSF advice, a legal expert warns....

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Superannuation

SMSF retirees can be comforted by the fact that income layering can give a 99 per cent probability of securing their essential spending needs, according to Accurium....

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Superannuation

Topdocs has penned an agreement with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia in a bid to increase efficiency and save time for advisers when ordering legal documentation....

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Financial planning

SMSFs need policies that address and protect women from being left behind by the super system, according to a report....

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Superannuation

Accurium and the University of Adelaide have partnered to launch a one-day SMSF retirement course for SMSF practitioners....

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Funds management

AMP Capital’s SMSF trustees looking for defensive assets can now access direct infrastructure assets....

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Financial planning

An accounting firm and a financial planning firm have joined GPS Wealth ahead of the scrapping of the accountants’ exemption on 1 July....

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Features

SMSF trustees and advisers must review requirements of the treatment of insurance within their funds annually, taking into account changes around the SIS Act 1993, Janine...

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Features

Specialist education and training seems to be the key to restoring trust in advisers among sceptical self-managed super fund members, Malavika Santhebennur writes....

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Features

With the scrapping of the accountants’ exemption from 1 July this year, accountants need to make licensing decisions to continue advising on SMSFs, Malavika Santhebennur ...

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Features

Malavika Santhebennur looks at what legislative changes the SMSF sector can expect in 2016 and what remains in limbo in part two of this feature on SMSFs....

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