ASIC has signaled it will soon be issuing a consultation paper dealing with the costs associated with self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs)....
Irina Tan and Bryce Figot from DBA Lawyers explain the intricacies around dealing with the Australian Taxation Office and handling contraventions. ...
David Shirlow from Macquarie Adviser Services brings you up to date with new developments regarding the way SMSF trustees can structure insurance....
Ratings house van Eyk has completed the purchase of NZ-based Perpetual Asset Management and Perpetual Portfolio Management, the sale of which was first announced in Janua...
Michael Hallinan from Townsends Lawyers explains the rules around changing your holding trustee in a LRBA....
Super funds which provide advice around tax want exemption from requirement to register as tax agents....
The Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT) is currently working through a raft of complaints about contributions tax deductions and has called for accountants to lift t...
With a growing number of SMSFs drawing income streams, failure to meet the minimum pension obligations within a financial year could deny a fund all or some of its tax ex...
APRA will probably phase in the new framework on statistical collection as many super funds are unlikely to meet the deadline, according to deputy chairman Ross Jones....
MLC's Mansi Desai explains how small business owners could transfer a business real property into their SMSF and benefit from various CGT concessions. ...
Since its launch in 2009, FirstWrap has grown to more than $4 billion in funds under administration....
The Federal Government will soon tighten regulations for related party transactions. Aaron Dunn lists some of the implications of this change....
Specialist barrister Noel Davis explains the ramifications of the latest AAT decision relating to excess contributions and why trustees, members and employers should all ...
Macquarie has launched a new planner-oriented product — an online application process with electronic verification to help advisers open cash accounts for their clients m...
Challenger has announced its Challenger Retirement Fund is the first super fund in Australia to sign up to a SuperStream rollover gateway....
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....