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...
SMSF trustees cautioned to ensure they understand the details of establishing bare trusts where limited recourse borrowing is concerned. ...
SPAA supports ASIC on property spruikers but maintains that, properly-advised, property is a legitimate SMSF investment....
New research by CMC Markets confirms SMSF trustees have a preference for bluechip shares. ...
ATO confirms to IPA conference that it intends reviewing around 11,000 SMSFs....
ASIC wants investors to be better informed before establishing SMSFs but denies it will pursue prescriptive new disclosure requirements....
ASIC has signalled a crackdown on unlicensed property spruikers who advocate self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investment without the proper authority...
AMP has added 1,200 accounts to its self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) business after acquiring Supercorp’s SMSF administration business YourSMSF. ...
ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft reinforces the regulator's concerns around SMSF exposure to hybrid securities. ...
The workings of franking credits within a SMSF continue to cause confusion, according to SPAA's Graeme Colley....
ANZ sells its Super Concepts business to SuperIQ as it plots new strategy on SMSFs. ...
Recent court case creates uncertainty about GST payments on recently purchased properties, including those insides SMSFs. ...
SPAA wants the Coalition Government to increase the concessional contribution cap above the current $35,000 limit....
The Government and the industry will always differ over the concessional cap, but $35,000 is too low, according to Olivia Long. ...
There is clearly regulatory concern about the activities of property spruikers as they seek to target SMSFs and, as Mike Taylor writes, a clear message needs to be sent. ...
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 ...