SMSFS

SMSF

The Royal Commission has laid groundwork to improve the financial services sector and build a more trusted industry, according to the SMSF Association....

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Financial planning

Investors and self-managed super funds with exposure to the retail property market need to remain alert as the sector is expected to see a significant change....

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Superannuation

Managed funds invested in international equities came on top in terms of the assets held by self-managed superannuation funds, according to an analysis conducted by Class...

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Financial planning

A former Adelaide financial adviser has pleaded guilty to 29 dishonesty offences committed when he was a planner, after ASIC found that he stole around $4.88 million from...

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Superannuation

Gold and silver hauls dominate the big ticket items held in self-managed superannuation funds, according to the latest SuperConcepts Investment Patterns report. ...

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Funds management

Pengana Capital Group has announced plans to launch a global private equity listed investment trust, which aims to raise between $250 million and $1 billion....

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Funds management

Australian investors remain unaware that total dividends rose close to eight per cent, in dollar terms, from 2017, Plato Investment Management warns....

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Superannuation

A superannuation fund has been censured and ordered to compensate a member for unduly delaying a rollover to his self-managed superannuation fund....

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SMSF

While the Productivity Commission modified its earlier findings to better reflect true SMSF returns in its final report, Class has warned that aspects of its calculations...

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Funds management

The Templeton Global Growth fund has been awarded a “recommended” rating by Independent Investment Research. ...

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SMSF

SuperConcepts has warned that the Productivity Commission’s revision of the minimum viability threshold for SMSFs to $500,000 is misleading, saying a figure of half that ...

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Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has told the Productivity Commission that some retail funds and self-managed superannuation fund promoters have pursued ‘confusion marketing stra...

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Funds management

Fidante Partners has announced the launch of ActiveX, a series of actively-managed exchange traded funds....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has charged a former Melbourne financial planner with 13 dishonesty offences....

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Policy & Regulation

Nearly 90 per cent of investors responding to a survey believe the Federal Opposition’s proposed removal of refundable franking credits will reduce their quality of life....

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