Only 15 per cent of accountants in public practice providing advice on self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) are authorised to provide investment advice while another 13 per cent are only RG146 ...

Accountants want to grow their self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) client base by 35%, according to Investment Trends. The research house’s latest SMSF accountant report found that while SMSF ...

The groups warned that PII is not meant to cover product failures or systemic collapses, and shouldn’t be the main backstop.

Booming demand for DIY super is being driven by investors wanting more control over their retirement savings, despite the ...

Self-managed super funds (SMSFs) provide individuals with an incredible opportunity to gain control of their retirement savings. However, managing your own superannuation comes with significant ...

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has vented its frustration over ASIC's recommendations for financial advisers around self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF), claiming some ...

Agnes Dayao, senior accountant at BDO, said when a trustee receives a Division 293 tax assessment, they can choose to pay the amount personally or pay the amount from their self-managed superannuation ...

Several forces are fuelling the unprecedented rise in SMSF establishments, and while financial advisers used to be the driving force behind this, they are now getting left behind, according to ...

Almost 650,000 Australians now control over $1 trillion in assets through self-managed super funds (SMSFs), according to the Australian Tax Office (ATO). That number keeps growing, but so do the ...