IFM has expanded its infrastructure assets with the acquisition of a 35.5 per cent stake in a UK airport operator....
ASFA supports the ATO levying SMSFs to cover compliance costs but insists on transparency of process....
Concern that SMSF trustees do not have sufficient knowledge to diversify their portfolios....
With constant regulatory change impacting on the superannuation sector, financial planners are finding it difficult to focus on clients’ retirement needs, writes Bela Moo...
Specialist barrister Noel Davis explains the ramifications of the latest AAT decision relating to excess contributions and why trustees, members and employers should all ...
The Federal Government will soon tighten regulations for related party transactions. Aaron Dunn lists some of the implications of this change....
Climate change organisations team up to pressure super funds to switch fossil fuel-based investments for cleaner ones....
According to an Aon Hewitt survey, more than 50 per cent of employers are yet to decide what to do about new default arrangements....
Challenger has announced its Challenger Retirement Fund is the first super fund in Australia to sign up to a SuperStream rollover gateway....
APRA manager confirms the regulator has knocked back six MySuper applications, while the volume of funds applying is lower than expected....
The rules around the investment strategy operating standard for SMSFs have been significantly amended. Lawyer Michael Hallinan explains some of the changes....
The benefit of franking credits in an SMSF cannot be underestimated, especially when the fund is in pension phase, writes Graeme Colley. ...
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...