The regulatory controls on the manner in which SMSFs approach risk insurance coverage for fund members are tightening in a number of respects, writes Macquarie Adviser Se...
The outsourcing of self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) administration will only be feasible if it deals exclusively with the "pure accounting" side, according to Mult...
Government provides $150,000 to AIST to help get women on super boards....
ASFA warns that 28 days may not be long enough for SMSF auditors forced to wait for banks....
The long-anticipated rise in revenue coming from the self-managed super fund (SMSF) client base is not happening just yet for financial planners, according to new researc...
While the Opposition Spokesman on Financial Services, Senator Mathias Cormann, has signalled an intention to roll back elements of FOFA and Stronger Super, financial plan...
AIST accuses Federal Opposition and retail funds of driving attacks on industry fund governance model....
AIST CEO Fiona Reynolds has teamed up with the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency to call for more women to be appointed to super fund boards....
When it comes to income protection, clients’ individual circumstances will dictate whether that cover is held inside or outside of superannuation. TAL’s David Glen weighs...
A recent NSW Supreme Court case highlights the importance of appropriate trustee combinations as well as strategic mechanisms that assist when trustees don't agree. David...
APRA says it will leave it to superannuation funds and trustees to sort out any conflicts flowing from multiple directorships....
Govt warned its MySuper legislation may actually represent interference in valid investment decisions made by super fund members....
MLC senior technical consultant Mike Mitchell outlines some of the challenges faced by SMSFs wishing to make anti-detriment payments....
Former Cooper Review chairman Jeremy Cooper files his own submission with the Productivity Commission arguing the benefits of independent super trustee directors....
SPAA's technical director Peter Burgess explains how a recent decision by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) affects breaches of non-concessional contribution cap....
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...