SMSF

Tools & guides

Accurium’s Melanie Dunn explores how payments and withdrawals from superannuation can be carried out in the most compliant way....

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Funds management

Commercial property lender Thinktank has said that its two investment bond trusts, established as an alternative to bank financing, might be positive for investors....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has banned former Melbourne financial adviser Robert Michael for dishonestly borrowing money from his clients’ self-m...

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Superannuation

New research has confirmed that Government changes to the rules are making it harder for people to accumulate more than $2 million in their superannuation accounts....

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Superannuation

The average and medium establishment balances for self-managed super funds (SMSFs) have seen a 38 per cent increase to $521,000, compared to $370,000 in the previous four...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has acted to disqualify or add conditions to the number of self-managed superfund (SMSF) auditors after concerns they...

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People & Products

Cloud-based technology company Class has made three new appointments to the senior executive team to support chief executive Andrew Russell drive their ‘reimagination’ st...

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Financial planning

Class has announced it has signed wealth accounting group Findex to provide trust accounting for family office clients....

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Features

Alternatives present a broad spectrum of assets available to investors. With such a wide variety to choose from, Laura Dew looks at how investors can determine which are ...

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Superannuation

Confusion reigns among self-managed super fund trustees, members and administrators about the upcoming SuperStream changes at the end of November, 2019. ...

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Superannuation

The SMSF Association has appointed self-managed super fund specialist adviser, Scott Hay-Bartlem, to its board from 1 July....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has broken new legal ground initiating civil proceedings against a firm which accepted remuneration after encouraging...

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Superannuation

Sargon has launched an offering that aims to give investors the benefits of self-managed super funds while relieving them of the responsibilities of acting as a trustee....

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SMSF

The average age of members opening a self-managed super fund is decreasing, now coming in at under 50, while the average starting balance still aligns with traditional wi...

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Financial planning

Dividends across developed markets saw a rise in the first quarter of the calendar year, according to research by Plato Investment Management....

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