SMSF PROFESSIONALS

Superannuation

The growth of the self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) sector could be damaged by the failure of fund members to properly manage the funds and their holdings, accordi...

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Superannuation

Concerns have been expressed that badly-run SMSFs may yet impose costs on Federal Budget. ...

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Financial planning

ASFA chief Pauline Vamos urges Commonwealth departments and agencies to continue working on the implementation issues around financial services legislation despite the Go...

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Superannuation

SPAA's Graeme Colley highlights the changes to death benefit pension rules....

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Superannuation

Sequencing risk can have a catastrophic impact on a SMSF, according to Michael E. Drew, professor of finance at Griffith University and partner at Drew, Walk & Co. ...

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Superannuation

A number of important legislative changes for the self-managed super fund (SMSF) sector were not implemented before Parliament rose, according to Peter Burgess, head of p...

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Superannuation

SPAA argues that this year’s ATO compliance focus makes getting appropriate advice even more essential....

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Superannuation

SMSF investors are getting younger, according to new data contained in a study undertaken via Macquarie Bank and the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia....

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Financial planning

SMSF investors have a higher propensity to seek out and value advice than non-SMSFs, while nearly half of recent SMSF investors are under the age of 30....

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Superannuation

SPAA’s Graeme Colley sees positive outcome from changes to non-reversionary pensions settings....

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Superannuation

SPAA welcomes changes to the tax treatment of non-reversionary pensions....

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Superannuation

The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has welcomed the passage of amendments to allow refunding of excess concessional contributions, but says it should...

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Superannuation

SPAA welcomes excess concessional contributions amendments...

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Superannuation

The methodology used to measure superannuation tax concessions is "fatally flawed", according to SPAA's Andrea Slattery....

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Superannuation

The Board of the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has returned its founder and chief executive Andrea Slattery to the body for the second time citing g...

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