SMSF

Superannuation

The asset segregation approach in volatile times could provide a number of tax benefits. The SMSF Academy’s Aaron Dunn explains....

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Funds management

Disillusionment with the funds management industry and a hunger for transparency among clients is fuelling a move towards direct equities....

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Editorial

Amid the fall-out from Trio Capital it has been suggested that financial planners be required to warn clients establishing SMSFs that they are entering a higher risk envi...

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Superannuation

The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has moved to correct the "misconception" that SMSF trustees have no legal options ahead of them in the event of fr...

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Superannuation

The Auditor-General has warned that the ATO's interpretive decisions on SMSFs carry less legal weight than interpretive decisions on tax matters....

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Superannuation

ASIC signals a push to have SMSF trustees acknowledge the existence of a higher level of risk....

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Superannuation

The idea that SMSFs tend to be pushed on clients by accountants is more of a perception than a reality, says Institute of Chartered Accountants head of superannuation Liz...

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Financial planning

APRA seeks to create distance from blame around Trio Capital while pointing to deficiencies of SMSF trustees and financial planners....

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Financial planning

The proliferation of professional "hats" an adviser or an accountant has to wear simultaneously when giving advice is going to confuse planners and accountants in the wid...

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Superannuation

John Kelly outlines new rules regarding insurance, and how they affect SMSFs when it comes to insuring collectibles and personal-use assets....

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Superannuation

More SMSF trustees are using the power of CFDs as hedging tools within their funds to protect their core portfolios, according to Capital CFDs....

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Superannuation

The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia has welcomed an Australian Taxation Office ruling clarifying the status of borrowing arrangements around single assets....

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Financial planning

Product providers should be responsible for funding a last resort compensation scheme, according to the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia....

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Superannuation

One of the headline announcements in the 2012-13 Federal Budget affecting SMSFs was regarding contribution caps. Dan Butler and Nathan Papson explore this announcement, a...

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Financial planning

Minister for Financial Services Bill Shorten canvasses SMSF compensation levy while fingering some financial advisers on Trio Capital collapse....

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