SUPERANNUATION INDUSTRY

Superannuation

Government’s Budget super changes may represent a broadening of 2012 approach. ...

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People & Products

AMP has appointed SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australian (SPAA) technical director Peter Burgess as head of policy and technical across the institution’s SMSF divi...

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Superannuation

SMSFs should be responsible for their wins and losses, which is why there should be no special statutory safety net for them when it comes to fraud, according to Challeng...

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Superannuation

Super funds which provide advice around tax want exemption from requirement to register as tax agents....

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Superannuation

MLC's Mansi Desai explains how small business owners could transfer a business real property into their SMSF and benefit from various CGT concessions. ...

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Superannuation

With constant regulatory change impacting on the superannuation sector, financial planners are finding it difficult to focus on clients’ retirement needs, writes Bela Moo...

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that if the Federal Government imposes changes to the superannuation tax regime in the May Budget, it may take an entire Parliamentary term before a Co...

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Editorial

It is now nearly a month since the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, announced that the 2013 Federal Election would be held on 14 September – and despite her suggestions to ...

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Superannuation

Challenger has announced its Challenger Retirement Fund is the first super fund in Australia to sign up to a SuperStream rollover gateway....

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Superannuation

The rules around the investment strategy operating standard for SMSFs have been significantly amended. Lawyer Michael Hallinan explains some of the changes....

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Superannuation

Daniel Butler and Nathan Papson note that changing an existing non-reversionary defined benefit pension to be reversionary may give rise to certain issues....

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Superannuation

SMSFs now have to consider the need to hold insurance cover for their members. Michael Hallinan outlines the practical implications of this change and the issues trustees...

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Superannuation

Coalition urges industry to help stop Government’s super tax changes before they occur because there are no guarantees post-Budget....

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Superannuation

SMSFs may be the fastest-growing segment of the superannuation industry but there are also high exit levels, according to data provided to the SPAA national conference in...

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that with the Government again having signalled the likelihood of change to Australia’s superannuation regime, its persistent fiddling continues to und...

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