SMSF ASSOCIATION
Superannuation
The SMSF sector has unsurprisingly welcomed Labor’s election loss, after an extensive campaign against the party’s dividend proposal that the SMSF Association claimed aim...
SMSF
Self-managed superannuation funds both outperformed other super fund options and saw a decrease in operational costs, according to the latest statistics from the Australi...
People & Products
The SMSF Association has appointed Tracey Scotchbrook and Michael Houlihan as members to the board....
Superannuation
The SMSF Association has welcomed the Government’s proposed changes regarding calculating ECPI and increasing the age where the work test for making contributions to supe...
Superannuation
The Labor Party’s confirmation on Friday that it would abolish franking credit rebates from 1 July 2019 discriminates against self-funded retirees, according to the SMSF ...
Policy & Regulation
An outright ban on limited recourse borrowing arrangements could be avoided by just addressing risk factors, according to the SMSF Association....
Superannuation
A major industry body has given the Federal Government’s proposal to increase the maximum number of members in self-managed superannuation funds from four to six....
Superannuation
The SMSF Association has rejected Australian Council of Trade Unions calls' for another inquiry into the SMSF sector....
Financial planning
FASEA will provide guidance to planners facing both the exam and Code of Ethics but hasn’t confirmed how long before the professionalisation regime kicks in in full force...
Financial planning
Negative sentiment in the industry around Labor’s proposed franking dividends reform is still running high as Federal election predictions heat up, at least amongst advis...
SMSF
The Australian Taxation Office last year focused its self-managed superannuation fund compliance investigations on non-lodgements, advice on illegal early release of fund...
Superannuation
It’s hard to see how many of the Australian Labor Party’s (ALP’s) proposed superannuation reforms will improve superannuation for Australians, the SMSF Association Nation...
Financial planning
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 ...
Superannuation
The superannuation industry urgently needs access to better data or it risks being subjected to recommendations or reports based on flawed data....
Superannuation
A key industry body has advocated for a spousal rollover measure for super fund members to allow couples to even out their balances to try to minimise the gender retireme...
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