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The number of disputes relating to investments taken to FOS in the 2011-12 financial year dropped by 13 per cent on the previous year....

Financial planning

Countplus has acquired a 25 per cent stake in South Australian professional services firm Hood Sweeney....

Superannuation

The equivalent of a large industry super fund moves out of existing funds every year and goes into new or existing SMSFs, according to Townsend Business and Corporate Law...

Superannuation

SMSFs should be compelled to put some money into the country's infrastructure assets, according to chairman of retirement income at Challenger, Jeremy Cooper....

Superannuation

Superannuation funds itching to stop the flow of members to self-managed super funds may find a competitive advantage in utilising the opportunities 'big data' offers, ac...

Financial planning

Complex retail products will come under the ASIC's scrutiny due to poor market returns and growth in the self-managed super fund (SMSF) sector....

Superannuation

Despite current concerns over SMSF administration, only around 2 per cent of funds have a compliance issue, meaning there is no need for additional regulations, according...

Superannuation

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has flagged plans to take a close look at self-managed super funds (SMSFs) that fail to lodge their annual returns....

Superannuation

SMSFs that receive zero interest loans from a fund member may need to unwind the arrangement or deal with the impacts of changing legislation, according to Macquarie Bank...

Superannuation

Australian Taxation Office assistant commissioner for superannuation Stuart Forsyth has cast doubt on reports that there are 478,000 self-managed super funds operating in...

Superannuation

SMSFs that combine to purchase property could face legal action despite the legality of the purchase, executives advised at the Institute of Chartered Accountants SMSF co...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has announced a series of educational workshops as part of its 20th anniversary celebrations which will be held in capital cities aroun...

Superannuation

The prospect of further Government changes to superannuation and the removal of tax breaks currently in place for self-managed super funds (SMSFs) is unthinkable, accordi...

Superannuation

SMSFs are ahead of their institutional counterparts when it comes to allocating to non-traditional emerging markets, according to East Capital....

Superannuation

Where an SMSF has bought property, the break-up of assets may be problematic during a divorce, explains Michael Hallinan....

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