The Australian Investment and Securities Commission (ASIC) has begun court proceedings after an investigation into losses incurred by the Employees Produc-tivity Award Su...

The Australian Investment and Securities Commission (ASIC) has begun court proceedings after an investigation into losses incurred by the Employees Produc-tivity Award Su...

Macquarie has revamped its range of superannuation and allocated pension plans to include a number of estate planning initiatives and life insurance....

Super growth for self manager super Despite recent reports to the contrary, self managed super funds continue to grow rapidly. Grant Abbott explains the factors behind ...

Russell Investment Management has added Turner Investment Partners to its Gateway International Shares fund. Frank Russell says the move is to give the fund exposure to l...

<I>To amend or not to amend That is the question Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of the ATO Or by amendment to quell them To amend, per cha...

The investment industry's fascination with wrap accounts is a case of "back to the future"....

With any strategy or transaction undertaken by a financial adviser on behalf of a client, consideration must be given to the anti-avoidance rules of the Income Tax Assess...

A legal technicality in the new SLAB3 legislation is threatening Australia’s 300,000+ self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF). The legislation, due to come into effect ...

A legal technicality in the new SLAB3 legislation is threatening Australia’s 300,000+ self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF). The legislation, due to come into effect ...

Perpetual Private Clients’ group executive Wayne Wilson likes a bit of a wager every now and then. And we’re not talking the odd tenner, either. This is why Wil-son has i...

Details have emerged of a $600,000 fraud in AMP Asset Management’s Melbourne office. Last December, Financial Synergy found a $200,000 anomaly in its Top Quartile Superan...

It is interesting to see how, despite the temporary dictates of current fashion, certain values always come into their own. Right now “trust” is an old fashioned value of...

Question: Do you advise on self managed superannuation funds? ...