SPAA says absence of SMSF training standards in new RG146 is surprising, given regulator’s concerns....
SPAA CEO Andrea Slattery has shut down the notion that SMSF trustees should have a competency test, deeming it elitist....
The two major industry super fund lobby groups have issued warnings on the costs of establishing an SMSF....
Changing the trustee of a SMSF is critically important. SMSF deeds differ significantly in how a change of trustee is to be implemented, write Jared Lynch and Bryce Figot...
Two bodies representing industry super funds have called for improvement in the quality of advice provided to clients, questioning some of the drivers behind the growth o...
New research by CMC Markets confirms SMSF trustees have a preference for bluechip shares. ...
ASIC wants people to be better informed about the implications of establishing an SMSF before it occurs. ...
ASIC wants investors to be better informed before establishing SMSFs but denies it will pursue prescriptive new disclosure requirements....
There is clearly regulatory concern about the activities of property spruikers as they seek to target SMSFs and, as Mike Taylor writes, a clear message needs to be sent. ...
Peter Hogan explains some of the issues and obstacles that may be faced when attempting to create reserves in an accumulation-style SMSF. ...
AMP Capital has reaffirmed its commitment to the SMSF market by appointing a former NAB executive to the newly created role of head of SMSF....
Trends towards younger SMSF trustees are part and parcel of increased superannuation engagement, according to the director of financial planning for Chan & Naylor, David ...
Online lender loans.com.au has launched a low-cost SMSF home loan amid claims that SMSF trusts have been paying exorbitant rates for residential property loans. ...
Are SMSFs contributing to a property bubble and gaining an unfair advantage in the process? Peter Kelly begs to differ....
DB Lawyers' Bryce Figot warns SMSF trustees to get their own private binding rulings from the ATO. ...
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?...