SMSFS

Financial planning

The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia has called for higher levels of competency in the provision of financial advice following recent damni...

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Financial planning

The Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia has expressed concern that the Government's proposed amendments to limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) creat...

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Superannuation

Blended families create unique challenges and need a new approach when planning super death benefits, according to two SPAA advisers....

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Editorial

There is considerable asset allocation bias with SMSF trustees. This is likely to lead to disappointing performance at best, and widespread disasters at worst, according ...

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Superannuation

David Court outlines some common queries that arise out of the new rules for investment in personal use assets....

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Superannuation

OneVue has announced the launch of a consumer platform designed for members of the financial services group MAP that will cater for self-directed investors....

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Editorial

How do you keep a clear picture when the lines of life insurance are blurred? Damien Mu predicts that the distinctions that life insurance companies draw between group an...

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Superannuation

An increasing number of people travel to Australia as non-residents, accumulating some savings in the Australian superannuation system. Daniel Butler and Tina Conitsiotis...

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Superannuation

Though the death of SMSFs may have been regularly predicted in years past, modelling within Deloitte's Dynamics of the Australian Superannuation System report, released i...

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Superannuation

SPAA says financial planners, auditors and accountants needed the 12-month delay to FOFA implementation....

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Superannuation

Many have advocated that accountants simply get licensed if they wish to advise on SMSFs. However, Liz Westover claims the current single licensing model poses many diffi...

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Funds management

Macquarie Private Portfolio Management's managed accounts have been added to the APLs of more than 30 dealer groups over the past year....

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Financial planning

SMSF administration software developer Class Super has added the Commonwealth Bank and National Australia Bank to its automated data feeds, enabling it to 18 of the top 2...

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Superannuation is not keeping up with the evolution of our society, according to Julie Steed....

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Financial planning

The independence of accountants who align their businesses with financial planning dealer groups could be called into question, according to RSM Bird Cameron principal Pe...

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