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Funds management
Concerns investors have about managed funds, such as high costs and low returns, are unfounded, according to wealth management group JB Were....
Editorial
Recent economic news has some predicting the Australian economy is undergoing massive change. Daryl Wilson looks at the arguments and the potential impacts on property in...
Financial planning
Estate planning is more than just writing a Will and certainly isn’t something that should be left until the last minute, writes Anna Hacker....
Financial planning
There are a few lessons to be learnt from high-profile family disputes, including that of Gina Rinehart, according to lawyer Bernie O’Sullivan....
Superannuation
Super Concepts' Nicholas Ali provides a breakdown of what is allowed and what's not with regards to buying property in an SMSF....
Superannuation
There has been debate around how SMSFs use limited recourse borrowing arrangements. SPAA technical director Peter Burgess weighs up the benefits and risks....
Superannuation
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has welcomed legislation that supports fund mergers through an exemption on capital gains tax (CGT)....
Superannuation
Self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditors will now be subject to a range of standards concerning their qualifications, competency and independence under the Supera...
Financial planning
Boutique planners need to develop a specialised business model in order to compete against "mass service providers", says Next Step Financial Strategies partner Neil Whit...
Superannuation
ATO assistant commissioner Stuart Forsyth has pointed to the issues still troubling SMSF trustees and warns the ATO will be cracking down on non-arm's length income issue...
Superannuation
Nick Ali explains the technicalities around asset disposal and potential capital gains tax implications....
Financial planning
The Federal Government has received a mixed response to the financial services and superannuation initiatives evolving out of its Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MY...
Editorial
Perpetual’s Matt Sherwood explains why recent central bank stimulus has boosted investor sentiment but not solved any of the world's structural problems. ...
Superannuation
SISFA has warned the Federal Government that the country's almost one million SMSF trustees will use their collective voting power to object to further regulatory burden....
Superannuation
There are close to one million voters who are SMSF members who would object to further regulation of the sector, SISFA has warned....
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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...