PROPERTY
Editorial
Short-term stimulus policies, like low interest rates and excessive liquidity injections, can have severe, long-term consequences for the global economy, as Stanley Yeo e...
Editorial
Looking across the investment landscape for clear winners and losers is not a simple task, with more grey than black and white coming into view. While performances are be...
Editorial
Retail advisers have traditionally shied away from alternative investments, but an upswing in the market could see them become a hot ticket option in 2014, particularly f...
Superannuation
ASFA claims SMSFs utilising limited recourse borrowing arrangements are yet to have a significant impact on residential property markets....
Superannuation
SMSF trustees should look to commercial property to avoid overheated residential property investment market. ...
Financial planning
More Australians need to have a financial enduring power of attorney in case they physically and mentally decline and are unable to make decisions....
Editorial
The recognition of women in the financial services sector reached new heights this year with the launch of a number of dedicated award schemes and programs....
Financial planning
Specialist ETF research house AltaVista Research announced last week it had added eight newly-issued ETFs to its research universe. ...
Funds management
Australian Unity Investments (AUI) has proposed to merge its Australian Unity Fifth Commercial Trust (FCT) with its unlisted Australian Unity Office Property Fund (OPF), ...
Superannuation
Townsends Business & Corporate Lawyers' Peter Townsend outlines some of the do's and don'ts for maintaining a bare trust in a LRBA....
Superannuation
Two bodies representing industry super funds have called for improvement in the quality of advice provided to clients, questioning some of the drivers behind the growth o...
Editorial
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....
Superannuation
SMSF trustees cautioned to ensure they understand the details of establishing bare trusts where limited recourse borrowing is concerned. ...
Superannuation
SPAA supports ASIC on property spruikers but maintains that, properly-advised, property is a legitimate SMSF investment....
Funds management
ASIC has signalled a crackdown on unlicensed property spruikers who advocate self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investment without the proper authority...
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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...