Question: Is it compulsory for a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) to register for GST? If not, is there any advantage in doing so?...
JOHN PERRI looks at what has become law recently, and what is around the corner in 2004....
By structuring the ownership of personal life insurance policies via superannuation, it may be possible to fund such premiums from pre-tax earnings, says Andrew Lowe....
A recent court case decided that a super contribution made just before bankruptcy was protected from the bankruptcy trustee – but, as Peter Bobbin reports, whether or not...
The Federal Government’s push to reduce the superannuation surcharge and expand government co-contributions bore fruit as the Senate passed both measures yesterday after ...
The Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) and the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) have called on the Government to pour some of its $7.5 bil...
Former Tasmanian financial adviser Mervyn William Mitchell appeared in Hobart Magistrates Court today on 110 charges brought by the Australian Securities and Investments ...
A former AMP superannuation agent has entered a guilty plea in the Sydney District Court to one charge of defrauding a former client following an Australian Securities an...
More work on retirement income policy is needed if the living standard expectations by the next generation of retirees are to be met, according to a major policy statemen...
The Assistant Treasurer, Helen Coonan, says the Government will push ahead with plans to reform superannuation in a bid to deliver on its election promises....
New opportunities have opened for advisors with the changes to the superannuation laws regarding divorce settlements....
AXA chief executive officer Les Owen says that despite all the recent bad news the outlook for the Australian wealth management market looks good....
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has claimed the superannuation surcharge is now affecting 10 per cent of the workforce each year....
Norwich Union Life has urged part-time workers to top up their superannuation to ensure they are not disadvantaged when it comes to retirement....
Less than half of all employers expect to offer their employees a choice of superannuation funds in the next one or two years, a new survey has found....
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...
increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...