SELF-MANAGED SUPER FUNDS

Superannuation

Warning self-managed super funds (SMSFs) that they are not entitled to compensation is too “simplistic” and needs to factor in all financial assistance available....

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Superannuation

While SISFA has welcomed the Government's decision not to proceed with many of the proposed super changes inherited from the previous Government, SISFA chair Michael Lor...

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Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has pointed to new research to highlight fee disparity between SMSFs and industry super funds....

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Superannuation

Townsends Business & Corporate Lawyers' Peter Townsend outlines some of the do's and don'ts for maintaining a bare trust in a LRBA....

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Superannuation

New research shows that more than 50 per cent of assets held within SMSFs are in retirement phase....

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Superannuation

SMSF trustees cautioned to ensure they understand the details of establishing bare trusts where limited recourse borrowing is concerned. ...

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Superannuation

Peter Hogan explains some of the issues and obstacles that may be faced when attempting to create reserves in an accumulation-style SMSF. ...

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Financial planning

Financial advice has remained the major issue in almost all areas of investment-related complaints filed with the Financial Ombudsman Service. ...

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Superannuation

Retail superannuation funds still lag behind industry funds in terms of customer satisfaction, research shows....

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Superannuation

Recent technology take-up has helped drive SMSFs, according to the director of strategy for Bravura Solutions, Darren Stevens....

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Superannuation

SPAA claims the level of exposure of SMSFs to residential property is being over-stated. ...

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Superannuation

Maybe it’s the necessary evil, but superannuation change is not only necessary, it’s also inevitable. Bryan Ashenden states the case. ...

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Financial planning

ASIC announces EU for Spring Financial Group ahead of Federal Court proceedings against an AR....

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Superannuation

While many pundits have flagged SMSFs as a key threat to industry super funds, Equipsuper's Geoff Brooks believes most funds have not yet opted to alter their member comm...

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Financial planning

Independent research into some of the issues confronting advisers who take the plunge “off-platform” also identifies occasions when it makes sense to move, writes Linda E...

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