A number of SMSF advisers surveyed by the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals’ Association of Australia have supported a restricted licence for accountants advisi...
The investment potential of residential property is not fully appreciated by advisers and investors, despite being the largest single investment asset class in Australia,...
Netwealth Investments has announced it is launching a new integrated insurance facility, LifeWRAP, in conjunction with AIA Australia....
The question of whether the purchase of trauma insurance within superannuation is a breach of the sole purpose test has been resolved. Jennifer Brookhouse examines the im...
Many self-managed superannuation fund trustees are failing to keep their documentation up-to-date and risk running into regulatory and compliance problems....
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has disagreed with the Cooper Review by claiming SMSFs should be able to invest in collectibles and 'personal use' as...
Proposed changes to the regulation of SMSFs could lead to a decrease in the number of SMSF auditors, agents and administrators....
A move by SMSF trustees into an increased share holding in 2009 has been maintained so far in 2010, according to a survey of 1,200 SMSFs administered by Multiport....
As the end of the current financial year approaches, Craig Day provides SMSF trustees with some tax tips for the year end - along with the traps to avoid....
Paragem has announced the launch of a new online information and education centre for self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees, called The SMSF Review....
Holding large value illiquid assets in a SMSF could prove problematic when a trust member dies. Deborah Wixted explains the obligations and options trustees and their fin...
Advisers are playing a key role in helping Australian investors accept and use exchange traded funds (ETFs), according to research from iShares....
The SPAA has urged industry and the Government to work together to remove harsh penalties for super fund investors who mistakenly make excess super contributions....
A tougher approach by the ATO to excess contributions has prompted SPAA to call for transitional relief....
There could be changes in the 2010 Federal Budget to the way gearing in super operates, although there has not yet been any official indication from the Government, accor...
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?...