SMSFS

Financial planning

Adviser sentenced to jail and permanently banned from providing financial services....

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that as a former ASIC executive, ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos has managed to spice up the submissions to the Senate Committee reviewing ASIC’s op...

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Superannuation

SMSF trustees cautioned to ensure they understand the details of establishing bare trusts where limited recourse borrowing is concerned. ...

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Superannuation

SPAA supports ASIC on property spruikers but maintains that, properly-advised, property is a legitimate SMSF investment....

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Superannuation

New research by CMC Markets confirms SMSF trustees have a preference for bluechip shares. ...

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Policy & Regulation

ATO confirms to IPA conference that it intends reviewing around 11,000 SMSFs....

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Superannuation

ASIC wants investors to be better informed before establishing SMSFs but denies it will pursue prescriptive new disclosure requirements....

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Funds management

ASIC has signalled a crackdown on unlicensed property spruikers who advocate self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investment without the proper authority...

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Superannuation

AMP has added 1,200 accounts to its self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) business after acquiring Supercorp’s SMSF administration business YourSMSF. ...

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Superannuation

ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft reinforces the regulator's concerns around SMSF exposure to hybrid securities. ...

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Superannuation

The workings of franking credits within a SMSF continue to cause confusion, according to SPAA's Graeme Colley....

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Superannuation

ANZ sells its Super Concepts business to SuperIQ as it plots new strategy on SMSFs. ...

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Funds management

Recent court case creates uncertainty about GST payments on recently purchased properties, including those insides SMSFs. ...

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Superannuation

SPAA wants the Coalition Government to increase the concessional contribution cap above the current $35,000 limit....

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Superannuation

The Government and the industry will always differ over the concessional cap, but $35,000 is too low, according to Olivia Long. ...

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