SMSFS

Funds management

Proceedings supported by DomaCom in the Federal Court against the Australian Taxation Office regarding the interpretation of superannuation regulations have drawn to a cl...

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Taxation Office has signalled its intention to review the top 100 self-managed superannuation funds on issues such as dividend stripping and other forms of...

Superannuation

Infrastructure stocks have for the first time found their way into the list of top 10 Australian listed securities held by SMSFs, according to a SuperConcepts study....

Superannuation

Advice ensures insurance is not lost, especially when the establishment of a self-managed superannuation fund is involved, according to wealthdigital. ...

Superannuation

Self-managed super funds are reducing exposure to property in their asset allocations as the residential market softens, according to a SuperConcepts survey....

SMSF

Average contributions to self-managed superannuation funds have more than doubled, as trustees take advantage of that increased contribution deductibility from July 2017....

Superannuation

Market conditions are attractive for SMEs to acquire their own premises via their SMSFs, according to specialist commercial property lender, the Thinktank Group....

Superannuation

BDO Australia has welcomed Australia’s new Treasurer and Assistant Minister for Treasury and Finance but has called for a review of changes to SMSF audit cycles....

Superannuation

Self-managed superannuation funds should be made to pull their weight in paying for extending SuperStream to the SMSF sector, according to the Association of Superannuati...

Financial planning

Providing self-managed super funds advice requires a higher standard than is being indicated by FASEA, according to the SMSF Association....

Superannuation

The Productivity Commission has been warned that both its methodology and attitude to self-managed superannuation funds may have opened the sector to attack from other el...

Financial planning

Industry Super Australia has strongly attacked the recommendations of the Productivity Commission on superannuation while arguing that advisers should be held liable for ...

SMSF

The Federal Government has today released draft regulations to extend SuperStream to self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) rollovers....

Superannuation

As self-managed super fund trustees continue their hunt for yield, quality mortgage loans are finding growing appeal within the sector, according to commercial property l...

Superannuation

The SMSF Association has confirmed just how common it is for self-managed superannuation fund trustees to maintain low balances in Australian Prudential Regulation Author...

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