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Superannuation

The ban on off-market transfers for self-managed superannuation funds will not go ahead as planned from 1 July 2012, and is likely to be delayed for one year, according t...

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Superannuation

The cost of registering as a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditor is likely to be in the hundreds of dollars rather than thousands, according to SMSF Professio...

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the Federal Opposition has signalled some of the so-called ‘concessions’ extracted around the passage of the FOFA bills may not have a life beyond...

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Policy & Regulation

The Federal Opposition has signalled it remains to be convinced about either introducing or supporting legislation which would restrict the use of the terms 'financial pl...

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Superannuation

Industry experts believe proposed legislation and a new licensing regime will give way to like-for-like cost comparisons between SMSFs, industry and retail superannuation...

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Superannuation

According to the chief executive of SPAA, Andrea Slattery, ATO figures showing SMSF fees decreasing prove SMSFs are well-positioned to compete with other superannuation s...

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Funds management

Disillusionment with the funds management industry and a hunger for transparency among clients is fuelling a move towards direct equities....

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Superannuation

The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has moved to correct the "misconception" that SMSF trustees have no legal options ahead of them in the event of fr...

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Superannuation

The time has come for a total rethink about how investors are looked after when there is a 'Trio Capital', according to SPAA's Peter Burgess....

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Superannuation

The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia has welcomed an Australian Taxation Office ruling clarifying the status of borrowing arrangements around single assets....

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Financial planning

Product providers should be responsible for funding a last resort compensation scheme, according to the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia....

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the Government’s FOFA process has finally produced a genuinely positive outcome in the St John report’s clear analysis of the need for financial p...

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Superannuation

The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association has acknowledged it had been lobbying for the two-year delay in the commencement data of the concessional contribut...

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Financial planning

The Federal Budget has won little applause and much criticism from the financial services industry....

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Editorial

If, as is being widely speculated, the Federal Government uses the Federal Budget to once again alter the tax setting around Australia’s superannuation system, the ALP wi...

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