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Financial planning

Almost 500,000 or 8 per cent of those Australians eligible to determine their own super fund under impending choice of fund legislation will opt to do so according to new...

Superannuation

A self-managed superannuation fund adviser, who allegedly recommended consumers with as little as $8,000 in superannuation set up self-managed funds and then charged them...

Editorial

As employers look to find a path through the choice regime, STUART KORCHINSKI explains how clearing houses for contributions will become more important than ever....

Superannuation

New survey data published by the Institute of Chartered Accountants has put paid to suggestions that the new choice of superannuation fund will lead to a surge in the est...

Superannuation

The Investment and Financial Services Association has released a fact sheet on self-managed super funds, the 30th fact sheet to be released in its online Getting the Edge...

Superannuation

The Australian Taxation Office is making sure that the trustees of self-managed superannuation funds are left in no doubt about their obligations with respect to the owne...

Superannuation

Controversial Government plans to ban self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) from providing defined benefit pensions have been delayed while Assistant Treasurer Mal Br...

Financial planning

The boom in self-managed superannuation funds could soon end if experiences in the United States are repeated in Australia....

Financial planning

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Superannuation

No one has been particularly surprised at the recent clash which has erupted between industry and retail super funds over the issue of choice, but the DIY super sector ha...

Superannuation

Last June the corporate watchdog went on the attack in the Apple Isle. As most people have probably heard by now, their victim, Hobart based adviser and authorised repres...

Superannuation

Anticipating a flood of self-managed superannuation funds being set up after July 1, the Australian Taxation Office and the Australian Securities and Investments Commissi...

Superannuation

Accountants could face fines of up to $220,000 if they provide misleading advice on self-managed super funds....

Superannuation

People running self-managed superannuation funds need to review their position with respect to compliance at least three or four times a year, according to specialist sup...

Financial planning

Baby boomers have always known how to go with the flow. And now their unique history, needs and desires are shaping how they approach retirement. Liam Egan reports....

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