While SMSFs may continue to experience significant and continued growth, there will be a stage in many trustees’ lives when the obligations inherent in running a fund wil...
Self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditors will now be subject to a range of standards concerning their qualifications, competency and independence under the Supera...
TAL's David Glen outlines the advantages and disadvantages of holding business property in a SMSF and factors for financial planners to consider....
ATO is worried that SMSFs do not fully understand their obligations under the law when investing in property - or are taking advantage of the system....
The application of the excess contributions tax (ECT) regime continues to cause problems for taxpayers. This article looks at various strategies open to a person who is ...
A global investor study by the State Street Centre for Applied Research has found that a significant number of Australian investors harbour serious concerns over upcoming...
The growth in SMSF establishments is raising questions around the traditional role of discretionary family trusts, according to Peter Townsend, managing director of Towns...
The risks inherent in limited recourse borrowing are significant and should be considered carefully by SMSF trustees, according to Peter Burgess, technical director of th...
Accounting and wealth advisory group Chan and Naylor has called for what it describes as "overlooked guidelines" to be issued with respect to SMSFs. ...
SPAA has warned LRBA arrangements within SMSFs come with their fair share of risks....
ASFA questions why SMSFs are excluded from enhanced data collection requirements for superannuation funds....
ASIC action against Queensland-based SMSF advice companies results in measures impacting US-based companies....
SMSF appetite for property continues to grow, but the lack of any minimum professional standards for property investment advisers requires serious consideration from the ...
ATO assistant commissioner Stuart Forsyth has pointed to the issues still troubling SMSF trustees and warns the ATO will be cracking down on non-arm's length income issue...
Dr Stephen Nash explains what happens when equities perform outside the average....
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 ...