Richard Gilbert has announced he will be retiring from the Investment and Financial Services Association effective from the end of September....
The Investment and Financial Services Association has urged the Federal Government to steer clear of radical change to the retirement savings system and instead embrace s...
Specialist software provider Supercorp has released a new software package that enables advisers to access client SMSFs via the Internet....
The number of working Australians who say they will rely on superannuation as their main source of retirement income has dropped. ...
The Institute of Actuaries of Australia has recommended to the Henry Tax Review that Australians be provided with genuine incentives, including a higher pension, to recog...
The Australian Taxation Office has pointed to a spike in the number of self-managed superannuation funds being established but cautions that more testing marketing condit...
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 ...
There's no advice that can change the reality of the market situation for SMSF members, but there is advice that could position clients better for the future and take adv...
But the Commissioner of Taxation said the ATO can provide relief for trustees being buffeted by current market conditions....
Shadow Superannuation Minister Chris Pearce shares a rumour of potential Government-mandated minimum balances for self-managed funds, but says such a move would represent...
MICHAEL HUTTON considers options for retiring SMSF trustees....
Regulator succeeds in winding up companies which extracted $9.5 million from SMSF investors on the back of promises of returns of up to 80 per cent....
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...