While many pundits have flagged SMSFs as a key threat to industry super funds, Equipsuper's Geoff Brooks believes most funds have not yet opted to alter their member comm...

Platforms, financial advisers and clients alike are about to be swept along by the impact of technological innovation on platforms, as Kelly Power explains. ...

Independent research into some of the issues confronting advisers who take the plunge “off-platform” also identifies occasions when it makes sense to move, writes Linda E...

Concerns raised by ASIC about the aggressive marketing of geared property investments are shared by the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia, according to Jordan ...

SPAA has welcomed ASIC Commissioner Greg Tanzer’s acknowledgement of the important role advisers play in the SMSF sector....

Count Financial’s David Lane expresses concern at the undisclosed nature of payments used to lure planners....

ASIC to keep watching brief for 18 months over Anne Street Partners Financial Services....

SMSF trustees have had another duty imposed on them by the Federal Government, but it appears some practitioners are taking a worryingly minimalist approach to meeting th...

Chan Naylor has announced a commercial partnership with online platform provider NowInfinity to provide what both companies describe as a "real-time tailored" SMSF soluti...

ASIC will examine the underlying costs of operating a SMSF in next steps of its SMSF taskforce. ...

While costs may still be a barrier, recent research reveals why more accountants are using platforms within SMSFs. ...

With large parts of the investment industry focused on benchmark-hugging rather than rocking the boat, it can be a tough time to be a boutique fund manager, but ultimatel...

Accountants like platforms for ease of use but remain cautious based on their underlying cost....

As Australian investors' love affair with yield continues, SMSF property investment continues to rise. Indeed, for Richard Stacker, head of direct property for Charter Ha...