SMSFS

Superannuation

Industry funds and the SMSF Association are in heated disagreement over the need to ban self-managed superannuation fund access to limited recourse borrowing arrangements...

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Superannuation

SMSF trustees who make bad decisions should be responsible for their choices and be denied access to an industry-funded compensation fund, according to the SMSF Owner’s A...

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Financial planning

With half of SMSF trustees exposed to portfolio risk due to lack of diversification, advisers have an opportunity to solidify their role as ‘validator’, according to a re...

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Superannuation

Advances in platforms will help increase SMSF members hold offshore assets instead of ETFs, according to UBS Asset Management....

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Financial planning

Financial advisers must conduct the difficult and personal discussions around longevity risk with clients while ensuring they incorporate the risk into retirement plannin...

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Financial planning

A gap remains between perceived costs and time required in running an SMSF amongst those who were contemplating setting up an SMSF, according to Investment Trends....

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Superannuation

SMSF audit specialist, Evolv has today announced the launch of a new super audit resourcing solution....

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Superannuation

All SMSF professionals should revisit the extended taxpayer alert to review its potential impact on their clients, the SMSF Association believes....

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Accounting

Financial planners and accountants need to change their mindset and the way they work to successfully service SMSF clients under the new licensing rules....

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Accounting

There could be a drastic drop in the number of SMSFs over the next couple of years in light of the scrapping of the accountants’ exemption as costs increase for members....

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Superannuation

Industry super fund returns dominated over retail funds as allocations to property and infrastructure proved successful, according to SuperRatings....

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Superannuation

Cloud accounting software provider, Class attributed a renewed interest in system automation for SMSFs after it recorded record new subscribers and portfolios from manual...

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Superannuation

SMSFs would be most affected by the 2016 Federal Budget changes to superannuation, while the $1.6 million limit would increase flows into retail and industry funds....

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Superannuation

Online trading platform, nabtrade, has announced a partnership with Heffron SMSF Solutions for the development of a new administration service....

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Superannuation

SMSF trustees placed the most trust in accountants ahead of financial advisers, but financial advisers remained the most used advice source by SMSFs despite usage levels ...

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