A new survey has revealed narrow majority support for making super funds subject to the same rules as publicly-listed companies....
ASIC's goal to improve the standard of advice given to prospective SMSF trustees has been welcomed by SPAA. ...
AIOFP chairman seeks to clarify status of proposed member defence fund....
Industry super funds’ board structure has helped them achieve “superior returns” for their members, says ISA....
Industry funds may be obliged to appoint a majority of independent directors....
The notion that self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees should have a 'competency test' as suggested by visiting European financial literacy specialist Robert Holzmann ha...
SMSF administration platform Class Super has become the first 'SuperStream-ready' SMSF solution, according to its owner Super IP and financial services technology provide...
Industry bodies call into question Rice Warner research on costs of SMSFs....
Financial planners are already subject to the best interests duty, so any additional requirements with respect to SMSF advice would be redundant, according to the FSC....
SPAA CEO Andrea Slattery has shut down the notion that SMSF trustees should have a competency test, deeming it elitist....
Townsends Business & Corporate Lawyers' Peter Townsend outlines some of the do's and don'ts for maintaining a bare trust in a LRBA....
Changing the trustee of a SMSF is critically important. SMSF deeds differ significantly in how a change of trustee is to be implemented, write Jared Lynch and Bryce Figot...
Lawyer advises licensees to get ready to change their dispute resolution systems, with ASIC now requiring them to act quicker....
Incoming First State Super chairman Neil Cochrane admits resigning multiple positions to remove conflicts of interest....
Self-regulation on governance is preferable to Government regulation, according to outgoing ASFA chair Tony Lally. ...
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...