ASIC has sentenced former director Mudasir Mohammed Naseeruddin over four years imprisonment for ‘egregious conduct’ and dishonestly obtaining client funds from six inves...
The SMSF Association, in partnership with the Financial Planning Association (FPA), is set to release an express pathway for the SMSF Specialist Advisor (SSA) program....
The corporate regulator has taken action against hundreds of self-managed super fund auditors after they reportedly failed to meet compliance standards over several years...
A former Melbourne financial planner has pleaded guilty to three counts of engaging in dishonest conduct regarding SMSFs while running a financial services business. ...
Self-managed superannuation fund establishments have reached a three-year high, according to Investment Trends, with the percentage of advisers assisting in establishment...
Net assets per adviser in self-managed superannuation funds have more than doubled since 2019 as the adviser exodus means remaining firms are taking on more clients....
ASIC has cancelled the registration of 10 auditors of self-managed superannuation funds who failed to lodge their annual statements....
There are specific requirements that only apply to trustees of self-managed superannuation funds, writes Tim Howard, including the allocation in their investment strategy...
The solution to the complex and time-consuming Statements of Advice (SoA) lies somewhere between a one-page letter, as prescribed for accountants, and what exists today, ...
The introduction of standards has failed to prevent delays when rolling over funds from APRA-regulated funds to self-managed superannuation funds, according to the SMSF A...
The Retirement Income Covenant (RIC) may set a benchmark when it comes to what is good practice for retirement strategy without diminishing the value offered by financial...
Cryptocurrency is being embraced by older investors with holdings in self-managed super funds rising by 74% in one year, according to BTC Markets, and the largest client ...
While many struggle with low superannuation balances, there is one self-managed super fund with more than $544 million in assets, according to Australian Taxation Office ...
Angus Crennan explains how self-managed superannuation funds can benefit from holding those assets which offer a perfectly negative correlation....
The Self-Managed Superannuation Fund Association deputy chief executive, Peter Burgess, has laid out exactly what changes advisers should be paying attention to in the SM...
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...