With post-retirement planning emerging as a major issue in 2014, Andrew Gale argues that there needs to be less focus on products and more focus on advice-based solutions...
Administrator SuperGuardian launches an 'end-of-year rescue' SMSF solution via partnership with Xpress Convert....
SPAA has used its submission to the Financial Systems Inquiry to restate its claim that SMSFs are appropriately regulated. ...
Australia's superannuation sector continues to attract a considerable amount of regulatory and legislative change and it's paramount that taxpayers are aware of any new o...
Macquarie Bank's David Barrett takes a closer look at the cost complexities of setting up a SMSF....
SMSF trustees wanting capital growth and low volatility should look no further than cash flow strategies, writes Damien McIntyre....
Meeting the diverse needs of SMSFs will present the financial services industry with both challenges and opportunities, writes Tim Keegan....
SPAA has urged the Financial System Inquiry to look at ways the growing SMSF capital pool can be unlocked to help fund productive Australian investment that benefits the ...
No-one likes a surprise when wrestling with tax and superannuation, and financial planners heading towards the end of financial year seem primed on what is about to chang...
Financial product-style regulation would be a poor fit for SMSFs, SPAA says....
Retail advisers have traditionally shied away from alternative investments, but an upswing in the market could see them become a hot ticket option in 2014, particularly f...
Using SMSFs as a funding vehicle for infrastructure and corporate loans is critical to Australia’s future economic stability, SPAA believes....
ASFA claims SMSFs utilising limited recourse borrowing arrangements are yet to have a significant impact on residential property markets....
Following up on its move to actively target its existing network of independent financial advisers, Investec Australia has reduced the interest rates on its tailored home...
As superannuation governance increases in complexity, finding common ground between insurance policy and practice is becoming a near-impossible dream, writes Dimitri Diam...
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...