Most self-managed superannuation fund members would have been better off investing in an index fund, according to research from the Monash Centre for Financial Studies....

The SMSF Association have given its full support to the Financial Services Council’s ‘White Paper on Financial Advice’, saying it will help to deliver cost savings and pr...

Binding death benefit nominations of self-managed super funds do not need to comply with the two witness and three-year validity rules unless the trust deed possesses tho...

Self-managed superannuation fund trustees could be exempt from certain compliance actions as the Australian Taxation Office has extended relief measures as a result of CO...

The upcoming Retirement Income Covenant will no longer be applied to trustees of self-managed super funds after a change to legislation....

As part of its Master of Financial Planning degrees, both universities will offer the SMSF Specialist Advisor designation in partnership with the SMSF Association....

Around 22,000 self-managed superannuation fund members withdrew funds using the early release scheme and the number of young people using SMSFs as vehicles to grow their ...

The relief from the corporate regulator’s levy will provide advisers with “breathing space” amid a period of regulatory upheaval. ...

Advisers who receive a complaint about an inappropriate self-managed super fund have just a 10% chance of successfully defending them, according to a new report....

Class’ net profit after tax fell 46% after the firm offloaded its investment in managed account service, Philo Capital, and has acquired legal documentation software prov...

Changes to legislation regarding non-arms length expenditure “won’t please many” who are dealing with the payments, according to Heffron, and there are still issues to be...