A number of risks are looming large on the radars of SMSF advisers, according to the principal of consultant actuarial firm Rice Warner, Michael Rice....
The new superannuation environment that will evolve out of the Government's MySuper changes will be debated at a special Money Management/Association of Financial Adviser...
The Government has specifically referenced SMSFs in detailing new legislation aimed at increasing the penalties around early release superannuation schemes....
The Federal Government has received a further call to stop tinkering with the superannuation policy settings - this time via research conducted by Rice Warner on behalf o...
Government moves to significantly increase penalties relating to the illegal early release of superannuation....
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) may need to revise the $200,000 figure it placed on the success of self-managed super fund (SMSF) starters aft...
One-on-one communication with retirees about their likely annual income in retirement is set to be a common tactic used by super funds to engage members....
Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten has released draft regulations outlining a limited licence for accountants, replacing the accountants' exemption replacement regu...
Industry commentators have tried to outline an approach by which the boutique funds industry can avoid being sidelined by the rise in self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and...
Centric Wealth has pointed to pitfalls now confronting SMSFs in meeting insurance requirements....
SMSF trustees are increasingly questioning their capacity to run an SMSF in their later years and are looking at switching to a managed fund arrangement in retirement, ac...
How can you tell that SMSFs are the 'hot ticket' with respect to financial services revenue generation? When virtually all sectors of the industry are competing for terri...
Some investors want to "dip their toes" into the investment world by comparing their asset allocation and performance with those of their peers....
SMSFs perform similarly regardless of whether trustees rely on advisers, accountants or their own research, according to a Rice Warner study....
There has been debate around how SMSFs use limited recourse borrowing arrangements. SPAA technical director Peter Burgess weighs up the benefits and risks....
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,...