SELF-MANAGED SUPER FUNDS
Financial planning
The $350 million Cromwell Property Fund (CPF) has been added to a number of investment platforms and products following the activation of a limited monthly withdrawal fac...
Financial planning
Hindal is about to launch a managed fund offering a lowly correlated alternative investment class to the major asset classes in the form of purchasing and holding histori...
Financial planning
The Supreme Court of Queensland has re-affirmed the appointment of receivers and managers to an unregistered property investment scheme and extended orders to preserve th...
Superannuation
Australia’s super industry may experience a boom in the number of self-managed super funds, following the passing of legislation this week, predicts Super Concepts....
Financial planning
Draft regulations on the operation of the ‘Simplified Superannuation’ legislation have been released for public comment by the Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasure...
Editorial
Strong growth in funds under administration helped WHK Group post a record net profit of $12.39 million, an increase of 15 per cent on the previous half-year result of $1...
Superannuation
Financial planners are now involved in instigating more SMSFs than accountants, according to a new IFSA/Investment Trends survey of the sector....
Superannuation
Absolute return fund of hedge funds (FOHFs) are indispensable to self-managed super funds (SMSFs) for both returns and diversification, according to HFA Research investme...
Financial planning
A Melbourne-based boutique fund manager is launching the first retail investment product in Australia that fully meets Islamic Shari’ah law....
Financial planning
Planners would benefit from greater education about separately managed accounts according to the head of a leading financial services company boosting its involvement in...
Financial planning
Griffin Financial Services director, Ray Griffin, says he has eschewed annuities since the 90s when rates became less favourable. He prefers to go direct to market to cre...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is currently working on a project that aims to crackdown on people providing unlicensed financial advice....
Financial planning
Nothing much has changed in the platform market during the past 12 months. The bigger platforms have got bigger, and there has been some rationalisation at the bottom end...
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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’...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...