The Government's draft guidelines on collectibles have left a range of questions unanswered....
In what proved to be one of the most popular sessions at the Money Management Retirement Incomes workshop, MLC Technical senior technical manager Peter Hogan provided pla...
Education has become a buzzword in the financial services industry. Angela Faherty takes a look at what the industry is doing to improve standards. ...
The Government is being asked to be more specific about the manner in which related parties can use collectibles within SMSFs....
Self-managed super fund education provider, SMSF Academy, has labelled industry reactions to draft regulations on collectible investments as "making a mountain out of a m...
The May 2011 Federal Budget contained a number of proposed superannuation changes. However, they are unlikely to cause any significant change in the way clients will go a...
Advisers anticipate an increased administrative burden due to proposed changes around the administration of artworks and collectibles in SMSFs, and are likely to increase...
The Government is set to permanently waive the Centrelink five-year clawback for SMSFs and SAFs that restructure ATE complying pensions to a term allocated pension. Julie...
Cavendish Superannuation's David Busoli has reminded SMSF trustees about the Future Service Benefit tax deduction....
Super assets grew in the March quarter with SMSFs continuing to dominate....
IOOF-owned Australian Executor Trustees (AET) has launched a self-managed super fund (SMSF) service, which the company said would alleviate much of the administrative bur...
Paritech has announced that it has signed Independent Capital Advisers to its TotalView wealth management platform....
Means testing for super members over 50 would be a failure on behalf of the Federal Government to address two of its three main policy objectives (lower revenue costs, si...
The current wave of regulatory reforms in financial services and focus on professionalism could lead to a structural shift in financial services education, with a focus o...
The proposed FOFA reforms could boost the use of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) by Australian retail investors, according to an industry expert....
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...