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SMSF ASSOCIATION NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Financial planning

Opposition: FASEA a ‘monumental mishandling’

The Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has slammed the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority along with the ...

Policy & Regulation

FASEA standards trump other codes if stricter

Tax financial advisers must not follow existing flexible arrangements under the Tax Practitioner Board’s code if the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority’s eq...

Financial planning

How can you maximise returns without franking credits?

Those looking to restructure portfolios to maximise investment returns in the absence of franking credits should cast an eye offshore, according to a panel of investment ...

Superannuation

PC’s top 10 funds could have unfair “liquidity advantage”

The Productivity Commission’s controversial ‘best in show’ default super fund list could prove hard to break into, as economies of scale see the 10 funds to feature exten...

Financial planning

FASEA could impose specialisation training within two years

The move to require specialist qualifications to give advice on SMSFs could come from the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority within two years, according to ...

SMSF

Adviser polling shows drop in SMSF advice

Live polling at the SMSF Association National Conference has suggested that the number of clients seeking advice on SMSFs is decreasing, and that consumers’ desire to use...