The standard of retirement income products needs to be lifted to that of SMSFs to fit in with a well-working retirement system...
Self-Managed Superannuation Fund service providers with origins in accounting tend to be bigger and more profitable than those that started out as financial planner or ad...
A Victorian man has been charged with fraud after he allegedly coaxed investors to refinance their self-managed super funds and/or homes to fund his property development ...
The ATO has warned SMSF trustees about inappropriate use of home loan unit trusts and the risks entailed in attending overseas SMSF conferences....
Both ASIC and the ATO have signalled they are scrutinising the legitimacy of SMSF seminars...
ASIC warns on the one stop shop SMSF business model and the re-emergence of commissions....
Superannuation funds must change their asset allocation to accommodate the evolving income and liquidity requirements of members, Mark Thomas writes....
Customers are most satisfied with the financial performance self-managed super funds, compared to industry or retail funds, Roy Morgan data showed....
Publicly-listed MDS Financal Group moves to acquire Sequoia Financial Group....
Self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) are beginning to appeal to a much younger demographic, Australian Tax Office (ATO) data shows. ...
SMSF trustees need to implement their financial strategies by 30 June to get the best outcomes for their funds, the SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia claims....
Accounting and planning firm Chan and Naylor has launched a national self-managed super fund (SMSF) administration business unit....
SMSF trustees are being urged to ensure limited recourse borrowing arrangements related party loans are proved on commercial terms to avoid substantial tax bills. ...
The Australian Tax Office’s (ATO) new penalty regime could see up to 50 per cent of self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees fined for violations of their duties, an accou...
DomaCom to launch property SMSF pitched at low-net worth investors ...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...