Although the removal of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority is a huge victory for many in the industry who spent the last few years fighting for reform, ...

Large Australian Securities Exchange listed companies should structure their capital raising offers to maximise access for all investors to a proportionate offer and set ...

The first step should be considering whether making a product recommendation is necessary for advisers with clients that have balances over $500,000, according to BT Fina...

Individuals who have decided to set up their own self-managed super funds are motivated by far more than costs or investment returns, with a desire for control over their...

The SMSF Association has flagged its intention to use the current Australian Securities and Investments Commission review of advice affordability to redesign the limited ...

The widespread general criticism of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority’s latest efforts around code of conduct guidance should be the catalyst for the G...

A Rice Warner report, to be launched later this month, will look at when self-managed superannuation funds are most cost-effective....

After recommendation from the Senate Economics Legislation Committee, legislation to increase the maximum number of SMSF members from four to six is expected to pass thro...

The code of ethics would be improved if many of the standards were amended to reflect the intent of the code, the SMSF Association believes. ...

Faced by the misgivings of at least one major accounting group, the SMSF Association has sought to reinforce the benefits of increasing the size of self-managed superannu...

The SMSF Association has launched nine compulsory online modules as part of its SMSF Specialist Advisor designation. ...

The bill would see the maximum allowable number of members in a self-managed super fund increase from four to six....

Retirees who took more than the reduced minimum amount as a pension before the change became law can only treat payments made after 24 March, 2020, as lump sum commutatio...

The Financial Services Council has lent its weight to the SMSF Association’s push to clear the way for self-managed funds to invest in infrastructure....