Australia

SMSF

SMSF investments showed high equity concentration risks at the end of the June quarter, leaving retirees susceptible to a share market downturn, FinaMetrica said....

SMSF

There should be more regulations on limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) for negative gearing opportunities in self-managed super funds (SMSF), according to on...

SMSF

Sinodinos points to completion of Johnson Report recommendations and extending the investment menu for super funds....

SMSF

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has stressed the need to focus on excellence and best practice among board members, regardless of who sits on boards....

SMSF

Claims of self-managed super funds being oversold to unsuitable clients have been over-stated, according to SMSFs Professionals' Association of Australia education and st...

SMSF

More 'mum and dad' investors could mistakenly end up in SMSFs under the Government's draft proposal for an accountants' exemption replacement, according to ASFA....

SMSF

SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) pushes for increased recognition of professional SMSF auditors....

SMSF

Software developer Class Super has launched a contributions cap monitoring system designed to ensure SMSF trustees stay within their caps....

Financial advice

ASIC has been warned that cobbling together guidance on PDS fee disclosure is not enough and that the underlying legislation needs to be fixed. ...

Financial advice

The Australia Institute has pointed to the danger of a blow-out in the cost of the tax concessions granted to super....

Financial advice

ASFA is urging RSEs to undertake greater scrutiny when selecting outsourced service providers to avoid fraud risk....

Financial advice

The superannuation industry has applauded the Financial System Inquiry report’s proposal to tackle income stream barriers and enshrine super goals....

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Grant Banner

From my perspective, 40- 50% of people are likely going to be deeply unhappy about how long they actually live. ...

1 year 10 months ago
Kevin Gorman

Super director remuneration ...

1 year 10 months ago
Anthony Asher

No doubt true, but most of it is still because over 45’s have been upgrading their houses with 30 year mortgages. Money ...

1 year 10 months ago

Widespread member disengagement is having a detrimental impact on retirement confidence, AMP research has found....

2 hours 15 minutes ago

Economists have warned inflation risks remain elevated even as the RBA signals policy is sitting near neutral after its latest hold....

2 hours 26 minutes ago

Introducing a cooling off period in the process of switching super funds or moving money out of the sector could mitigate the potential loss to fraudulent behaviour, the ...

2 hours ago