The ongoing uncertainty over the accountant exemption applying to self-managed super funds (SMSFs) as well as a number of rules that simply don’t make sense are two...

SMSFs have emerged as an important revenue stream for planners and planning industry support services....

High-profile firm Dixon Advisory has begun recommending geared residential property investments for its self-managed super fund clients....

While new research suggests more SMSF trustees are using advisers, it also confirms their own self-belief....

There is little point in starting a SMSF with less than $1 million in assets, according to Chant West principal Warren Chant....

The Australian Taxation Office has revealed the degree to which compliance activity has escalated with the growth in SMSFs....

An ATO interpretive decision around SMSF borrowings has raised as many questions as it has answered....

Australian shares continue to improve and dividends are returning to more normal levels after increasing for the first time in 12 months, according to experts from Russel...

Super funds will have to work even harder to keep their members, as one-third of them have expressed a desire to set up their own self-managed superannuation fund in the ...

SMSF trustees now only have to pay a flat $50 stamp duty fee when transferring business real property under new NSW State regulation, according to chartered accountancy f...

An increasing number of investors are not getting enough information and advice on self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) and are suffering as a result, according to W...

SISFA has expressed concern that SMSFs that are late lodging tax returns for the 2009-10 financial year may be unfairly punished by the ATO....

As direct investments become more popular, with ETFs in particular gaining ground, Janine Mace discovers that for many consumers cash is still king....

Offering individually managed accounts to high-net-worth clients can be a scalable solution for financial advisers, writes Damian Graham....