Treasury floats NALI rule change to stop unfair penalties for SMSFs
The federal government is seeking feedback on proposed changes to rules aimed at preventing non-arm's-length transactions by superannuation funds, in a bid to...
Death benefit litigation puts SMSF trustee role in focus
Litigation involving estate planning and superannuation is ramping up, with major impacts on self-managed super funds, and in particular trustee obligations....
'Absolutely too complex': SMSF body slams indexation rules amid cap increase
The likely 'double-bump' transfer balance cap increase to $1.9 million will exacerbate what is already an "overly complex" indexation rule that advisers have...
LRBA holders to ride property market out, despite volatility blip
Australians' penchant for property investment comes with the caveat that patience is a necessary virtue. This applies doubly so for fretful LRBA holders,...
Death benefit litigation puts SMSF management in focus
Litigation involving estate planning and superannuation is ramping up, with major impacts on self-managed super funds, and in particular trustee obligations....
ASIC pullback on $500K threshold sparks SMSF narrative change
After the regulator abandoned its $500K minimum balance guidance, the SMSF Association says it hopes licensees will reconsider some of the concerns they may...
SMSFs under advice surge as adviser numbers dip below 16,000
As the quantum of advisers has decreased those that remain have consolidated client books, which has led to a higher proportion of high-balance SMSFs coming...
Is your self-managed super fund capable of buying gold?
Gold has a colourful history, going back thousands of years, as a means to store and transport wealth and a way to help protect against the inflationary...
SMSF numbers jump, top industry fund growth in 2022
The lockdowns of 2021 and a trend for younger people to set up a self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) have driven a sharp growth in the number of funds...
Will the Your Future Your Super test be applied to SMSFs?
In 2021 the “Your Future Your Super” (YFYS) performance test was introduced to gauge whether default super funds, which collected billions in...
SMSF Association seeks to improve delayed APRA fund rollovers
Any current financial adviser understands the challenge attempting to roll-over a member’s balance from an industry or APRA-regulated fund into an SMSF....