SMSF

Editorial

The Heffron technical team take a look at the current state of play for defined benefit pensions and the social security asset test exemption rules and how they affect SM...

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Financial planning

Elders Forestry maintains that its forestry projects are sound investments for SMSFs despite lingering fears caused by the collapse of Timbercorp and Great Southern....

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Editorial

SMSF trustees are an unpredictable bunch, writes Tim Hewson. He sifts through recent research that assessed the attitudes of these independent investors....

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Superannuation

Cash holdings fall while equities allocations rise to 42 per cent....

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Superannuation

Troy Smith discusses the tax implications of holding trauma cover, and receiving payouts for it, in super....

Superannuation

SMSF trustees making changes to their portfolio were more likely to have followed planning advice to seek better returns, while more than half of non-SMSF investors made ...

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Financial planning

The tax office has signalled that the use of promissory notes in SMSFs will come under greater scrutiny, writes Bryan Ashenden....

Superannuation

Class Financial Systems to provide SMSF platform for accountants....

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Financial planning

Transferring commercial property into a self-managed superannuation fund may lead to significant taxation benefits....

Superannuation

Trustees lent 95 per cent of SMSF assets to a related company during a period of physical and financial stress....

Superannuation

One-third of SMSF trustees to focus on buying undervalued assets....

Superannuation

Industry super funds offer superannuants many of the benefits of self-managed superannuation funds, without their downsides, according to Industry Funds Financial Plannin...

Superannuation

Sam Wall offers potential remedies for clients who have exceeded their contribution cap in superannuation....

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Superannuation

Investors will be able to choose a gearing level that suits them and pay off their premiums up-front....

Superannuation

Martin Murden has criticised the lack of representation for SMSFs on the super review committee, and says self-funded retirees could suffer from potential changes....

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