Responding to the growing demand for direct equities, Australian Unity Personal Financial Services is in the process of rolling out a direct equity policy for its adviser...
An ASFA submission has confirmed the degree to which super funds are evolving to meet the retail market....
Retail investors, including the trustees of SMSFs, are now legally able to invest in Australian Government Bonds, according to Michael Hallinan of SUPERCentral....
APRA's quarterly superannuation statistics for March 2013 have highlighted the continuing growth and strength of the SMSF sector, according to SPAA's Graeme Colley....
The regulator should work to extend the scope of its financial literacy strategy to include an appropriate focus on retirement funding, particularly in relation to senior...
Reflecting the increasing interest in SMSFs being exhibited by mortgage brokers and credit advisers, the Mortgage and Finance Association (MFAA) has announced SMSF-specif...
Specialist life insurer NobleOak has announced the launch of a new product aimed at the SMSF market....
David Court looks at the new penalty regime that will apply to SMSFs from 1 July, 2013....
MLC's Peter Hogan says that while the Budget hasn't specifically targeted SMSFs, there are likely to be a number of indirect impacts....
Providing unlicensed SMSF advice was one of the reasons Money Choice had its licence cancelled and its director banned by ASIC....
SMSF Academy's Aaron Dunn looks at a related party undertaking improvements to a property at no cost, and explains whether increases in the property value constituted a c...
New data points to increasing numbers of SMSF members moving into retirement phase....
The number of investors in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continues to grow strongly, according to the latest BetaShares/Investment Trends ETF Report....
The self-managed superannuation fund sector has entered a net drawdown phase, with benefit payments to exceed contributions by $20 billion by December 2015, according to ...
The SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia has come out in support of the Government’s announced charter group as an initial step in the establishment of a Council ...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...