SMSFS

Superannuation

Media Super pays a $10,200 penalty after producing potentially misleading advertising, says ASIC....

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The industry funds-backed AIST says the Financial Systems Inquiry should examine the risk inherent in SMSFs....

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An industry body representing SMSFs has rejected the idea of the sector being regulated by APRA, claiming the current framework is sufficient....

Financial planning

Legg Mason moves to attract retail investors and SMSFs by dropping initial investment minimums to $30,000....

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ASIC's goal to improve the standard of advice given to prospective SMSF trustees has been welcomed by SPAA. ...

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The SMSF sector showed solid asset growth in the three months to 30 September 2013, according to the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia. ...

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While there are more than 2,000 companies listed on the ASX, the vast majority of SMSF investments are in a handful of stocks, according to Amanda Skelly, head of SPDR ET...

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Self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees’ appetite for cash has fallen further in the last quarter, with low interest rates driving investors away from the traditional saf...

Financial planning

SMSF push results in purchase of Victorian practice....

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SPAA warns that requiring financial planners to provide warnings on SMSF compensation is too simplistic. ...

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The notion that self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees should have a 'competency test' as suggested by visiting European financial literacy specialist Robert Holzmann ha...

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SMSF administration platform Class Super has become the first 'SuperStream-ready' SMSF solution, according to its owner Super IP and financial services technology provide...

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SPAA says absence of SMSF training standards in new RG146 is surprising, given regulator’s concerns....

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Industry bodies call into question Rice Warner research on costs of SMSFs....

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Financial planners are already subject to the best interests duty, so any additional requirements with respect to SMSF advice would be redundant, according to the FSC....

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