SELF-MANAGED SUPER FUNDS

SMSF

SuperConcepts has warned that the Productivity Commission’s revision of the minimum viability threshold for SMSFs to $500,000 is misleading, saying a figure of half that ...

Financial planning

Financial advisers have emerged as unwitting casualties of the Productivity Commission’s final report on superannuation competitiveness and efficiency....

Financial planning

With adviser education set to be a continued focus for the industry in the new year, the SMSF Association has welcomed the Productivity Commission’s call for high advice ...

Superannuation

Commercial property lender Thinktank has urged regulators and the Government not to ban the use of limited recourse borrowing arrangements within SMSFs....

Superannuation

Members are more satisfied with industry superannuation funds than with their retail counterparts, with satisfaction with self-managed superannuation funds highest of all...

Financial planning

New research from Roy Morgan has suggested that financial planners and self-managed superannuation funds pose a risk to member retention by industry superannuation funds....

People & Products

Perpetual Corporate Trust has gained the nod as responsible entity for the MCP Master Income Trust....

Financial planning

Members need to think twice about establishing SMSFs if all they are going to do is sit in cash, managed funds, and a few shares, Perpetual Private warns....

Editorial

Craig Swanger looks at the retirement income dilemma and why SMSF trustees are starting to look to fixed income. ...

Superannuation

SMSF investors continue to favour Australian shares, cash and term deposits while ignoring international shares, putting their retirement income at considerable risk, Fin...

Superannuation

Investors and advisers are incorrectly adopting a short-term investment skew when it comes to self-managed super funds, with a platform-driven gearing towards liquid asse...

People & Products

Founder of ETF Portfolio Solutions Tim Bradbury has announced he is moving to MSCI as its vice president of ETF client coverage in Australia....

Superannuation

SMSFs breed more satisfied Australian customers than their industry and retail counterparts, according to a survey. ...

Financial planning

AMP SMSF has backed calls for making it compulsory for financial advisers to undertake specific training if they are going to advise on SMSFs....

Superannuation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has taken its case against a property company to the Supreme Court, arguing the group is spruiking the use of ...

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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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