SMSF TRUSTEES
Editorial
AMP's acquisition of Cavendish Group marked the beginning of a major push into the SMSF sector, while in the same month IOOF launched its bid for Plan B....
Superannuation
AMP’s Philip LaGreca explores the key considerations for SMSF trustees investing in overseas property....
Superannuation
A number of risks are looming large on the radars of SMSF advisers, according to the principal of consultant actuarial firm Rice Warner, Michael Rice....
Superannuation
Centric Wealth has pointed to pitfalls now confronting SMSFs in meeting insurance requirements....
Superannuation
SMSF trustees are increasingly questioning their capacity to run an SMSF in their later years and are looking at switching to a managed fund arrangement in retirement, ac...
Editorial
How can you tell that SMSFs are the 'hot ticket' with respect to financial services revenue generation? When virtually all sectors of the industry are competing for terri...
Financial planning
SMSFs perform similarly regardless of whether trustees rely on advisers, accountants or their own research, according to a Rice Warner study....
Superannuation
There has been debate around how SMSFs use limited recourse borrowing arrangements. SPAA technical director Peter Burgess weighs up the benefits and risks....
Superannuation
ATO is worried that SMSFs do not fully understand their obligations under the law when investing in property - or are taking advantage of the system....
Superannuation
The risks inherent in limited recourse borrowing are significant and should be considered carefully by SMSF trustees, according to Peter Burgess, technical director of th...
Superannuation
Allocations to Australian equities by SMSF trustees did not keep pace with the strong performance of the share market in the September quarter, according to the latest Mu...
Superannuation
Many SMSFs appear to have missed the pick-up in equities returns....
Superannuation
SPAA CEO Andrea Slattery points to possibilities for SMSFs in biotechnology and life science investment....
Superannuation
The regulatory controls on the manner in which SMSFs approach risk insurance coverage for fund members are tightening in a number of respects, writes Macquarie Adviser Se...
Superannuation
The SMSF sector is well placed to deal with the challenges of post-retirement, according to SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery....
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