SMSFS

Financial planning

Aussie politicians make “politicised and dishonest decisions about ‘fraud’” despite having no law enforcement of forensic investigation skills, Victims of Financial Fraud...

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Superannuation

Self-managed superannuation fund members say they want more financial advice, with 315,000 reporting they had unmet advice needs this year, up from 275,000 last year, but...

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Policy & Regulation

SMSF trustees are being encouraged to review their current finance rates after changes to the safe harbour rates benchmark affecting LRBAs. ...

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SMSF

Hostplus has continued its efforts to engage with self-managed super funds, launching a product that would allow SMSF investors to become unit holders in the industry fun...

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SMSF

As the end of the month approaches, self-managed super fund members with cash to spare are being urged to make a double contribution using an unallocated contribution res...

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Financial planning

SMSF members who deliberately hold an APRA-regulated fund for life insurance are at risk of losing this benefit if they fail to act before legislation comes into play in ...

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Superannuation

The accountant-planner relationship is evolving to better serve self-managed super fund trustees, according to Investment Trends....

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Superannuation

The SMSF sector has unsurprisingly welcomed Labor’s election loss, after an extensive campaign against the party’s dividend proposal that the SMSF Association claimed aim...

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SMSF

Now it has returned to Government, the Coalition can once again focus on the self-managed super fund measures it introduced to Parliament before the election was called, ...

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Superannuation

Superannuation funds could control more than half the ASX within 15 years, with one-third of the $3 billion of new money the sector gains to invest each week likely to go...

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SMSF

Self-managed superannuation funds both outperformed other super fund options and saw a decrease in operational costs, according to the latest statistics from the Australi...

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SMSF

As the Federal election campaign hits its peak, the Alliance for a Fairer Retirement System has again reminded consumers that Labor’s franking credit reform would disadva...

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People & Products

Following the replacement of Natasha Fenech with Lara Bourguignon as chief executive of SuperConcepts, the company has announced a broader leadership team restructure....

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People & Products

The SMSF Association has appointed Tracey Scotchbrook and Michael Houlihan as members to the board....

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Superannuation

The SMSF Association has welcomed the Government’s proposed changes regarding calculating ECPI and increasing the age where the work test for making contributions to supe...

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