The Cooper Review panel may have suggested otherwise, but Mike Taylor writes that the exponential growth in the number of self-managed superannuation funds and the invest...
SMSFs have emerged as an important revenue stream for planners and planning industry support services....
The National Institute of Accountants (NIA) has called on the Government to explain its so-called contradicting comments regarding self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF...
While new research suggests more SMSF trustees are using advisers, it also confirms their own self-belief....
Further changes to the SMSF registration process will enable more time to assess SMSF trustees and prevent fraudulent activity, according to SPAA....
SMSF trustees now only have to pay a flat $50 stamp duty fee when transferring business real property under new NSW State regulation, according to chartered accountancy f...
An increasing number of investors are not getting enough information and advice on self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) and are suffering as a result, according to W...
A number of SMSF advisers surveyed by the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals’ Association of Australia have supported a restricted licence for accountants advisi...
The investment potential of residential property is not fully appreciated by advisers and investors, despite being the largest single investment asset class in Australia,...
Netwealth Investments has announced it is launching a new integrated insurance facility, LifeWRAP, in conjunction with AIA Australia....
The question of whether the purchase of trauma insurance within superannuation is a breach of the sole purpose test has been resolved. Jennifer Brookhouse examines the im...
Many self-managed superannuation fund trustees are failing to keep their documentation up-to-date and risk running into regulatory and compliance problems....
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has disagreed with the Cooper Review by claiming SMSFs should be able to invest in collectibles and 'personal use' as...
Proposed changes to the regulation of SMSFs could lead to a decrease in the number of SMSF auditors, agents and administrators....
A move by SMSF trustees into an increased share holding in 2009 has been maintained so far in 2010, according to a survey of 1,200 SMSFs administered by Multiport....
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,...