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Superannuation

Class Super claims SuperStream readiness

SMSF administration platform Class Super has become the first 'SuperStream-ready' SMSF solution, according to its owner Super IP and financial services technology provide...

Policy & Regulation

ATO cracks down on discretionary trusts

Accountants who manage discretionary trusts for clients may be investigated by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO)....

Superannuation

Don’t be prescriptive on SMSF warnings, says FSC

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....

Editorial

How to energise your community

Claire Mackay has won the Pro-Bono Award in Money Management/Super Review’s inaugural Women in Financial Services Awards 2013. ...

Superannuation

Class Super is SuperStream-ready

Super IP-owned Class Super has unveiled its SuperStream-ready self-managed super fund (SMSF) software....

Superannuation

Industry super fund warning on SMSF costs

The two major industry super fund lobby groups have issued warnings on the costs of establishing an SMSF....

Superannuation

ISA compares SMSF and industry fund fees

Industry Super Australia has pointed to new research to highlight fee disparity between SMSFs and industry super funds....

Superannuation

The do's and don'ts of maintaining a bare trust in a LRBA

Townsends Business & Corporate Lawyers' Peter Townsend outlines some of the do's and don'ts for maintaining a bare trust in a LRBA....

Superannuation

Changing SMSF trustees - getting it right

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...

Superannuation

Call for single regulator for all super funds

SMSF regulation should be handed to APRA instead of the ATO, according to a Super Review/Money Management roundtable....

Editorial

Paying tax when selling a house

Although tax exemption when selling a person’s main residence is usually a routine matter, things can go badly wrong in some quite unexpected ways, writes Chris Ardagna....

Editorial

With ASIC, you get what you pay for

Mike Taylor writes that as a former ASIC executive, ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos has managed to spice up the submissions to the Senate Committee reviewing ASIC’s op...