Now is the perfect time to ensure your client is able to claim a tax deduction for super contributions, writes STEPHEN BONE....
With a changing super environment, MARTIN BRECKON considers how planners can manage their clients’ contributions. ...
Notwithstanding that the valuation of unlisted assets held by superannuation funds has been an issue for at least six to nine months, the Australian Prudential Regulation...
Two draft bills for the Federal Government's National Consumer Credit Action Plan, which embraces margin lending, will be released by the Minister for Superannuation and ...
Financial planners have a ready audience in Generation Y, reports AMLIKA LAL....
Trust Company Limited, which operates in both retail and institutional sectors, is standing its ground in difficult market conditions....
The prudential regulator last week sent a letter to super fund trustees outlining its expectations on unlisted asset valuations, while also listing "unacceptable practice...
Lapsed interest payments are on the rise, and the biggest offenders are the publishing and finance industries....
Individuals going into bankruptcy risk losing some of their superannuation if they have used the system to avoid paying creditors....
The Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, Senator Nick Sherry, has asked the Australian Taxation Office to begin collecting data to enable the monitoring of the ...
ASIC's deputy chairman, Jeremy Cooper, has flagged the regulator’s intention to take an increasing role in the education of retail investors, but should this be the regul...
But the Commissioner of Taxation said the ATO can provide relief for trustees being buffeted by current market conditions....
MICHAEL HUTTON considers options for retiring SMSF trustees....
DAMON TAYLOR takes a look at how self-managed superannuation funds are faring in the current financial climate. ...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has initiated further action related to the Kassongo Superannuation Fund related to the early release of superannuati...
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...