SMSF
Funds management
Industry commentators have tried to outline an approach by which the boutique funds industry can avoid being sidelined by the rise in self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and...
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
Self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditors will now be subject to a range of standards concerning their qualifications, competency and independence under the Supera...
Superannuation
TAL's David Glen outlines the advantages and disadvantages of holding business property in a SMSF and factors for financial planners to consider....
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
Accounting and wealth advisory group Chan and Naylor has called for what it describes as "overlooked guidelines" to be issued with respect to SMSFs. ...
Superannuation
ATO assistant commissioner Stuart Forsyth has pointed to the issues still troubling SMSF trustees and warns the ATO will be cracking down on non-arm's length income issue...
Accounting
ASIC has released draft SMSF auditor standards, based on 2008 standards released by the Joint Accounting Bodies....
Superannuation
MLC’s Peter Hogan explains what ‘business-like’ activities an SMSF may be able to undertake and outlines the related ATO guidance....
Superannuation
Whilst SMSFs are traditionally a retirement vehicle sought by ‘Baby Boomers’, Andrew Hewison, director of Hewison Private Wealth, believes they also may be a suitable opt...
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