Big Sky Financial Solutions has acquired Perth-based financial planning firm Westwide Financial Services....
The average inflows into SMSFs almost doubled in the second quarter, but total contributions were still down 22 per cent on the 2008-9 financial year, according to a Mult...
New FINSIA research reveals continuing challenges regarding financial wellbeing in retirement, including operational risks for SMSFs in retirement....
The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has welcomed the Federal Government's endorsement of a SPAA/Australian Artists Association art ...
A new group has been established to help accountants get around the advice exemption changes for SMSFs without getting an AFSL....
The grim days of the global financial crisis may have passed, but, as Benjamin Levy reports, there is sufficient uncertainty about sovereign debt and the pace of economic...
The demand for specialist self-managed super fund (SMSF) accreditation has jumped dramatically in light of the Future of Financial Advice and Cooper Review reform recomme...
Cooper Review gets mixed response from the industry, with most lamenting its failure to address superannuation savings adequacy....
The ATO tightens the screws on SMSF trustees and illegal early release schemes....
In response to a Cooper Review recommendation that self-managed super fund (SMSF) professionals be banned from investing in art and collectables, SPAA has stated artwork ...
Many self-managed superannuation fund trustees are failing to keep their documentation up-to-date and risk running into regulatory and compliance problems....
David Benney looks at the advantages and disadvantages of direct shares versus managed funds....
Investor education should be a key focus in addressing the needs of the self-managed super fund (SMSF) sector, according to Russell Investments....
FSP Portfolio Services, the platform business of the FSP Group, has partnered with self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) administration provider Super Concepts to launc...
GESB urges Australians to seek advice on SMSFs, with research showing many don't understand the time, risks and costs involved in operating this type of fund....
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...