SELF-MANAGED SUPERANNUATION FUNDS

Superannuation

Advisers could benefit from changing the name of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs). The name could be driving away potential trustees due to the connotations of i...

Financial planning

New data from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority suggests the co-contributions regime has lost some of its initial gloss....

Superannuation

SMSF breaches are declining as the sector matures and as the taking of transition to retirement options rises....

Superannuation

SMSFs have been confirmed as the largest segment of the superannuation sector, but average balances are still below $500,000....

Editorial

Patrick Jackson explains why trustees should look before they leap when considering a self-managed superannuation fund....

Superannuation

Patrick Jackson explains why trustees should look before they leap when considering a self-managed superannuation fund....

Financial planning

Financial planners and accountants need to work together to lobby against licensing changes that affect both sectors in similar ways, according to HNW Planning director R...

Financial planning

Government embraces majority of Cooper recommendations as policy but faces testing time gaining Parliamentary endorsement....

Superannuation

The lending of money to family members has emerged as a persistent issue in SMSF breaches....

Superannuation

ATO confirms identifying 140 illegitimate SMSFs and backs the Cooper recommendations....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has banned a former Gold Coast adviser for 10 years after investigations into the advice she gave relating to investm...

Superannuation

New research reveals SMSF trustees remain heavily exposed to cash....

Superannuation

The Cooper Review panel may have suggested otherwise, but Mike Taylor writes that the exponential growth in the number of self-managed superannuation funds and the invest...

Superannuation

SMSFs have emerged as an important revenue stream for planners and planning industry support services....

Superannuation

The National Institute of Accountants (NIA) has called on the Government to explain its so-called contradicting comments regarding self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF...

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