SMSF trustees find it "very challenging" to find good professional advice, and nearly half of them believe financial planners are out to sell products to benefit themselv...
David Court brings us up to date with the excess contributions tax and outlines some of the potential problems related to the Government's recent changes to the ECT....
SMSF trustees have lost faith in investment markets and are increasingly turning to property and cash-related products such as term deposits, but the best long-term rewar...
SMSF trustees have lost faith in investment markets and are increasingly turning to property and cash-related products such as term deposits, but the best long-term rewar...
While the allocation to cash has become more popular among self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees, so too has the interest in property signalled a growing trend...
The SMSF model had become increasingly attractive to younger investors over the past few years with the trend set to continue, according to predictions by SPAA....
The SMSF model had become increasingly attractive to younger investors over the past few years with the trend set to continue, according to predictions by SPAA....
While an increasing number of dominant SMSF trustees has been raised as an issue of concern by some members of the wider industry, Peter Hogan, Principal of Plaza Financi...
SPAA has warned SMSFs need to remain cautious despite a recent ATO interpretive decision on assets used as security for personal loans. ...
Nicholas Ali outlines the importance of lodging the correct Australian Taxation Office (ATO) form before commencing a pension. ...
The use of more hands-on, low-cost administration services can lower the balance threshold of where an SMSF becomes economic to the low $100,000s, according to Sharesight...
The Small Independent Superannuation Funds Association (SISFA) says it is pleased with the Government's recent decision to continue drawdown relief for self-funded retire...
David Court takes a look at two consequences of a member's bankruptcy that will directly impact on an SMSF and provides a number of strategies on how to respond to them....
An Australian Taxation Office (ATO) interpretive decision has made clear that bartering arrangements cannot circumvent the related party rules....
The recent interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank of Australia has created a number of opportunities for self-managed super funds. Peter van der Westhuyzen explains. ...
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,...