SUPERANNUATION INDUSTRY

Superannuation

SPAA has welcomed the proposed penalty system changes for SMSFs, saying trustees who break the rules will be treated more equitably....

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Superannuation

Post-retirement requires that Australian superannuation funds look to objective-based strategies that can protect members from future market volatility, according to Stan...

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Superannuation

Lack of knowledge among financial advisers seems to be the main reason for the shortfall in the take-up of life insurance cover in the SMSF market, according to research ...

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Superannuation

A gap in knowledge has been identified as the main reason for the decline in the purchase of life insurance cover by SMSFs, AIA has found....

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Superannuation

Clients who set up self-managed superannuation funds risk cancelling their existing insurance cover with their previous super fund, says Pitcher Partners director of supe...

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Superannuation

The ATO has recently provided some clarification regarding in-specie contribution of property. Nicholas Ali explains....

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Superannuation

The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia has urged the Australian Taxation Office to release the final tax ruling on when a superannuation income stream commences...

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Superannuation

Law firm cautions SMSF trustees to be prepared for a more probing approach from the ATO this year....

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Superannuation

The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has hit back at calls for self-managed super funds to pay more towards the SuperStream levy....

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Superannuation

The SMSF Academy's Aaron Dunn looks at some of the changes flowing from the Stronger Super reforms and how those changes will affect SMSFs....

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Editorial

Susanna Khouri believes the Trio Capital debacle has highlighted the need for better mechanisms to compensate investors for loss....

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Financial planning

DEXX&R projects the total financial services market will grow by 8 per cent per annum to reach $3,372 billion by December 2021....

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Superannuation

The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has moved to correct the "misconception" that SMSF trustees have no legal options ahead of them in the event of fr...

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Editorial

The dust has well and truly settled on the Federal Budget but, as Liz Westover writes, the Government needs to accept that its actions have served to confuse Australians ...

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Superannuation

The Financial Services Council is concerned about how monies levied to fund SuperStream will be spent....

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