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Superannuation

The Retirement Income Covenant (RIC) may set a benchmark when it comes to what is good practice for retirement strategy without diminishing the value offered by financial...

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Superannuation

The introduction of standards has failed to prevent delays when rolling over funds from APRA-regulated funds to self-managed superannuation funds, according to the SMSF A...

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Funds management

Cryptocurrency is being embraced by older investors with holdings in self-managed super funds rising by 74% in one year, according to BTC Markets, and the largest client ...

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Superannuation

While many struggle with low superannuation balances, there is one self-managed super fund with more than $544 million in assets, according to Australian Taxation Office ...

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Expert Analysis

Angus Crennan explains how self-managed superannuation funds can benefit from holding those assets which offer a perfectly negative correlation....

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Superannuation

The Self-Managed Superannuation Fund Association deputy chief executive, Peter Burgess, has laid out exactly what changes advisers should be paying attention to in the SM...

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Financial planning

The SMSF Association said recent bipartisan support for a 10-year adviser experience pathway did not meet the “original policy intent of enhancing professional standards”...

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Superannuation

More self-managed super fund trustees are using the Australian Taxation Office’s new ‘six-member’ rule to meet residency requirements following disruptions to internation...

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Superannuation

Self-managed super funds trustees are looking at new investment options such as listed and unlisted trusts, managed investments and private real estate debt, according to...

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Superannuation

Self-managed super fund specialist advisers may play a critical role in assisting investors how to avoid cybercrime and investment scams, according to the SMSF Associatio...

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Financial planning

COVID-19 continued to be top of mind for advisers and their clients in the September quarter, according to BT Financial Group....

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SMSF

There were around 13,000 fewer wind-ups of self-managed super funds in FY21 than in the previous year with the number falling to just over 2,000, according to the Austral...

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Expert Analysis

Tech platforms have opened up a wider range of asset classes, writes Nick Raphaely, and investors can access institutional-quality opportunities by digitally dividing the...

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Expert Analysis

Superannuation and social security are among themes where advisers are querying the most as they look to upskill their knowledge in a complex advice world, Craig Day writ...

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Superannuation

Trustees of self-managed superannuation funds will now be able to add a fifth and sixth member, after the Australian Taxation Office suffered administrative delays. ...

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