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Superannuation
The Financial Services Council has lent its weight to the SMSF Association’s push to clear the way for self-managed funds to invest in infrastructure....
People & Products
The self-managed superannuation fund administration and audit firm has appointed Jo Hurley, who will return to the industry....
People & Products
Peter Hogan will retire from self-managed superannuation (SMSF) representative body the SMSF Association at the end of September....
Superannuation
The median ‘operating expense’ for a self-managed super fund is $3,923, according to the Australian Taxation Office, far lower than the $13,900 quoted in a recent SMSF fa...
Financial planning
The corporate regulator has banned Sean Philip Lewis for his limited recourse borrowing arrangement advice and insurance advice that would generate large commissions for ...
Funds management
DomaCom has announced a solution for seniors running short on cashflow by offering them a new model for equity release. ...
Features
Self-managed superannuation funds have been weathering the COVID-19 storm, writes Mike Taylor, but should be alert to the price they may be asked to pay as part of the re...
SMSF
Charterhill director, George Nowak misappropriated $1.2 million in self-managed superannuation fund monies to fund a lavish lifestyle. ...
Features
Self-managed superannuation funds specialist, Meg Heffron, explains why the Government’s COVID-19 measures providing hardship early access to superannuation represent a s...
Expert Analysis
It is critical that people understand what happens in that often-unknown process of passing away and are prepared with a will, writes Anna Hacker....
Superannuation
SMSF members will not have action taken against them by the Australian Taxation Office for reducing real property rent for tenants who have been financially impacted by C...
Financial planning
The draft legislation would be able to prevent property spruikers using self-managed superannuation funds in a one-stop shop, the SMSF Association believes....
Superannuation
Specialist advice for self-managed superannuation funds is necessary to navigate market turbulences caused by external factors, the SMSF Association says....
SMSF
William Houwing (known as Jack Houwing) failed to act in the best interests of his self-managed superannuation fund clients by recommending they lend money to his related...
SMSF
George Nowak has pleaded guilty after investigations found he had misappropriated $1.2 million in self-managed superannuation fund monies. ...
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