Growing numbers of investors are taking the plunge and following financial advisers’ recommendations to try direct investments through separately managed account (SMA) se...

The growing acceptance of the new electronic currency, Bitcoin, is threatening to disrupt and change the global financial system. Mark Thomas explains why investors and a...

ATO appears to be targeting inappropriate loans to SMSFs after focusing on those with uncommercial loan terms....

Macquarie Bank's David Barrett takes a closer look at the cost complexities of setting up a SMSF....

An accounting and advisory firm wants tighter regulation around the inclusion of residential property in SMSFs....

While restrictions on acquiring assets from a related party in an SMSF are generally understand, the disposal of assets to related parties often suffers from a lack of un...

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is calling for media to “get the facts right” after news outlets reported tax concessions on super would cost ...

Colonial First State said it supports the three-day turn-around for superannuation member transfers. ...

Equity income funds have become increasingly sophisticated, as van Eyk Research awards the first AA rating in this sector....

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

Equity income funds may not live up to their hype, writes Morningstar's Kathryn Young. ...

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....

SMSF trustees cautioned to ensure they understand the details of establishing bare trusts where limited recourse borrowing is concerned. ...

A recent white paper by Lonsec and Milliman explores the conundrum facing retirees trying to balance security of income against the need for investment growth to fund gre...