A study currently being conducted by the University of Adelaide may allow both current and prospective SMSF trustees to make greater cost comparisons, according to Plaza ...

SMSF advisers need to be careful when considering the right stocks for their clients’ portfolios. Peter van der Westhuyzen takes a look at the benefits of dividend reinve...

Due to growing costs and increasing workload, smaller accounting practices might wish to outsource SMSF administration, writes Olivia Long....

Stephen Miller from MLC Technical Services explains how establishing a 13.22C trust can enable SMSF trustees to co-own a residential or business property with a related p...

Government delivers additional funding to ASIC for FOFA and a range of other financial services changes....

SMSF trustees need to make sure there is enough liquidity in their funds to balance out 'lumpy' assets such as property to avoid a potential fire sale of assets if they p...

Determining whether a share purchase through a self-managed super fund contravenes the in-house asset rules could be a complex task, according to Warrick Hanley....

It doesn’t come as a surprise that some SMSF investors are tempted by overseas property investments. However, there are a number of compliance traps they must navigate, a...

Some self-managed super funds can claim tax deductions for the future liability to pay death and disability benefits. Nicholas Ali explains....

Self-managed superannuation was the clear winner of 2011, with healthy sector growth and satisfactory investment returns. However, as 2012 kicks off, SMSFs must turn thei...

David Barrett briefly addresses two major challenges that loom for financial advisers: providing the strategic advice associated with a potential recommendation for a sup...

RabotDirect has questioned whether cash can remain king in the minds of SMSF directors in the wake of last week's Reserve Bank of Australia RBA decision to cut interest r...

SMSF trustees need to be conscious of lumpy assets such as property within their fund portfolios in the event of death....

Opposition urges Shorten to resolve accountants' exemption or hand task to someone who can....