SMSFS

Superannuation

Recent technology take-up has helped drive SMSFs, according to the director of strategy for Bravura Solutions, Darren Stevens....

Funds management

The ASX Aqua II Managed Funds Services platform will open new client channels instead of threatening existing ones....

Editorial

As the boom in the Australian economy recedes, investors from this country are beginning to look at rising Asian equities as a strategy to boost returns – but a sense of ...

Accounting

The Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) is joining forces with Deakin University to provide policy advice on issues like self-managed superannuation....

Financial planning

BGL alliance with DBA Lawyers will see delivery of SMSF documentation via the web. ...

Superannuation

SPAA says lower concessional contribution caps have driven investors to opt for negative gearing outside of super....

Superannuation

SPAA claims the level of exposure of SMSFs to residential property is being over-stated. ...

Superannuation

Government policy has helped to drive to SMSF establishment, according to Martin Heffron, managing director of Heffron SMSF Solutions....

Superannuation

Superannuation funds could have a big future in infrastructure investment, but currently a large proportion are “locked out” by a closed and illiquid market, an industry ...

Superannuation

The superannuation playing field is not tilted in favour of SMSFs but they do benefit from being more nimble, according to SPAA....

Superannuation

PM rules out any near-term change to super despite Reserve Bank board reference to SMSFs investing in speculative property....

Superannuation

Maybe it’s the necessary evil, but superannuation change is not only necessary, it’s also inevitable. Bryan Ashenden states the case. ...

Financial planning

The Future of Financial Advice regime is slowly settling down. Well, perhaps. With the recent election of a Coalition Government, all bets could be off the table, as Geor...

Superannuation

As SMSF regulatory reform puts the spotlight on the relationship between accountants and financial advisers, David Clatworthy looks at how the relationship may evolve in ...

Superannuation

The Institute of Chartered Accountants argues it's time to review borrowing within SMSFs before it becomes a problem....

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