Meeting the diverse needs of SMSFs will present the financial services industry with both challenges and opportunities, writes Tim Keegan....
SPAA supports ASIC’s drive for tougher measures to tackle the 'bad apples’ of the financial services industry....
ASFA suggests the development of specialised accreditation for planners providing retirement and post-retirement advice....
No-one likes a surprise when wrestling with tax and superannuation, and financial planners heading towards the end of financial year seem primed on what is about to chang...
Financial product-style regulation would be a poor fit for SMSFs, SPAA says....
Using SMSFs as a funding vehicle for infrastructure and corporate loans is critical to Australia’s future economic stability, SPAA believes....
Accountants are grossly miscalculating the cost of licensing their own SMSF advice business, with many expecting to pay around an eighth of the actual cost....
ASFA claims SMSFs utilising limited recourse borrowing arrangements are yet to have a significant impact on residential property markets....
The ICAA has defended the ATO’s SMSF jurisdiction while suggesting consumers need to take more responsibility for their advice outcomes....
An accounting and advisory firm wants tighter regulation around the inclusion of residential property in SMSFs....
While the quantum of overseas shares held in SMSFs has been increasing, it is still miniscule as a percentage of total SMSF assets. ...
Global equities make up only a small proportion of total self-managed super fund (SMSF) assets and investors are “missing the boat”, according to Insync Fund Managers....
Industry fund NGS Super has launched a self-managed super service offering shares, exchange traded funds (ETF) and term deposits....
A self-managed super fund (SMSF) provider has paid a $10,200 infringement notice penalty for misleading advertising on the cost of setting up an SMSF....
High net worth investor numbers invest a third of collective assets via self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF)....
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...