SMSF

Financial planning

Tax Financial Advisers should be permitted to apply for Australian Business Numbers on behalf of clients and the Tax Practitioners Board has been asked to facilitate the ...

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Financial planning

The corporate regulator has obtained interim orders against PW Kitt Co and sole director Larry Dawson for a fraudulent SMSF advisory business. ...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has cancelled or imposed restrictions on 42 SMSF auditors for failing to maintain their audit experience....

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Financial planning

The Court of Criminal Appeals has dismissed Gabriel Nakhl’s appeal against a 10-year sentence for misuse of client funds....

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People & Products

Class has acquired Smartcorp for $4.2 million with the transaction to be completed by 20 August....

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Policy & Regulation

The chair of a key Parliamentary Committee has raised the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s errors within its controversial SMSF factsheet among errors t...

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Superannuation

The Financial Services Council has lent its weight to the SMSF Association’s push to clear the way for self-managed funds to invest in infrastructure....

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People & Products

The self-managed superannuation fund administration and audit firm has appointed Jo Hurley, who will return to the industry....

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People & Products

Peter Hogan will retire from self-managed superannuation (SMSF) representative body the SMSF Association at the end of September....

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Superannuation

The median ‘operating expense’ for a self-managed super fund is $3,923, according to the Australian Taxation Office, far lower than the $13,900 quoted in a recent SMSF fa...

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Financial planning

The corporate regulator has banned Sean Philip Lewis for his limited recourse borrowing arrangement advice and insurance advice that would generate large commissions for ...

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Funds management

DomaCom has announced a solution for seniors running short on cashflow by offering them a new model for equity release. ...

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Features

Self-managed superannuation funds have been weathering the COVID-19 storm, writes Mike Taylor, but should be alert to the price they may be asked to pay as part of the re...

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SMSF

Charterhill director, George Nowak misappropriated $1.2 million in self-managed superannuation fund monies to fund a lavish lifestyle. ...

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Features

Self-managed superannuation funds specialist, Meg Heffron, explains why the Government’s COVID-19 measures providing hardship early access to superannuation represent a s...

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