SMSF

Superannuation

SMSF trustees are increasingly turning to term deposits to maximise their returns on cash holdings, according to RaboDirect....

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Financial planning

The Australian Taxation Office has unveiled a new program for the 2012-13 financial year that will put the spotlight firmly on self-managed superannuation funds....

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Financial planning

NAB Wealth launches Super Lever to provide SMSFs to access margin loan arrangements....

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Superannuation

Having explained why they are financial products, David Court now examines the manner in which the disclosure requirements apply to SMSFs....

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Terminally ill clients who attempt to roll over their superannuation could end up with a big tax bill, warns OnePath technical services manager Scott Quinn....

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Superannuation

SMSF trustees are using CFDs to become more strategic with their portfolios and to ensure recent downturns are not adversely affecting their retirement goals, according t...

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Superannuation

New research commissioned by Principal Global Investors points to investors being focused as much on risk as returns....

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Financial planning

Documentation key to handling death benefit disputes within SMSFs, according to superannuation documentation provider Topdocs....

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Superannuation

SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery believes the new licensing regime set to replace the accountants' exemption would create a bigger role for the association....

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Superannuation

Government outlines basis for registering SMSF auditors while ASIC will devise a competency exam in consultation with the industry....

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Superannuation

Around seven per cent of all self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) assets representing $26 billion are now held in unlisted property, according to Melbourne-based firm ...

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Superannuation

Industry experts believe proposed legislation and a new licensing regime will give way to like-for-like cost comparisons between SMSFs, industry and retail superannuation...

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Financial planning

The number of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) using a RG146-compliant financial adviser has continued to decline, sitting at 52 per cent, according to Investmen...

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Superannuation

According to the chief executive of SPAA, Andrea Slattery, ATO figures showing SMSF fees decreasing prove SMSFs are well-positioned to compete with other superannuation s...

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Superannuation

Specialist SMSFs company Cavendish Superannuation says Treasury officials have confirmed a deferral of the legislation which would have impacted off-market transfers....

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