The SMSF Association has announced the appointment of Michael Houlihan as its new vice chair, effective today....
The corporate watchdog’s consultation paper is an important step forward but the limited licence regime needs to be redesigned to provide scaled advice for self-managed s...
A Rice Warner report, to be launched later this month, will look at when self-managed superannuation funds are most cost-effective....
After recommendation from the Senate Economics Legislation Committee, legislation to increase the maximum number of SMSF members from four to six is expected to pass thro...
The SMSF Association has launched nine compulsory online modules as part of its SMSF Specialist Advisor designation....
The bill would see the maximum allowable number of members in a self-managed super fund increase from four to six....
Retirees who took more than the reduced minimum amount as a pension before the change became law can only treat payments made after 24 March, 2020, as lump sum commutatio...
The changes will take effect on 1 July and advisers need to include them in clients’ end-of-year planning, according to the SMSF Association....
Self-managed superannuation funds can now wait until the end of June to complete their lodgements to the ATO....
Specialist advice for self-managed superannuation funds is necessary to navigate market turbulences caused by external factors, the SMSF Association says....
The failure to legislate the bring forward rule is leading to planning issues for advisers with clients who will turn 65 this year, according to SuperConcepts....
Increasing the maximum number of self-managed superannuation fund members to six is still a commitment from the government but will come after the Royal Commission recomm...
From my perspective, 40- 50% of people are likely going to be deeply unhappy about how long they actually live. ...
Super director remuneration ...
No doubt true, but most of it is still because over 45’s have been upgrading their houses with 30 year mortgages. Money ...