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...

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

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

Warning self-managed super funds (SMSFs) that they are not entitled to compensation is too “simplistic” and needs to factor in all financial assistance available....

Carolan Ibbotson has been named BDM of the Year as part of Money Management/Super Review’s Women in Financial Services Awards 2013....

SPAA CEO Andrea Slattery has shut down the notion that SMSF trustees should have a competency test, deeming it elitist....

SPAA supports ASIC on property spruikers but maintains that, properly-advised, property is a legitimate SMSF investment....

SPAA welcomes Govt's decision not to proceed with Labor legislation taxing superannuation pension earnings over $100,000. ...

The financial services industry has broadly welcomed the Government’s move to abolish the proposed tax on super earnings over $100,000....

The workings of franking credits within a SMSF continue to cause confusion, according to SPAA's Graeme Colley....

SPAA wants the Coalition Government to increase the concessional contribution cap above the current $35,000 limit....

There is clearly regulatory concern about the activities of property spruikers as they seek to target SMSFs and, as Mike Taylor writes, a clear message needs to be sent. ...

SPAA has welcomed the high priority accorded to superannuation with the announcement of Labor's shadow ministry. ...

While the SMSF advice space may have changed with the introduction of limited licensing, it is the concept of an SMSF profession that remains paramount, according to Andr...