by Admin | Tue, Apr, 2013 | SMSF News, Trustee
Industry and retail superannuation funds criticise the rapid growth of the SMSF sector mainly on the grounds that much larger funds can better manage and invest the savings of ordinary Australians. The reality is that with a few rare exceptions, public offer funds...
by Admin | Tue, Apr, 2013 | SMSF News
The Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association (CPSA) has hit back at the Federal Government’s claims that recently announced super reforms would only affect 16,000 Australians. “The Government’s estimate of only 16,000 people being affected...
by Admin | Tue, Apr, 2013 | Adviser, SMSF News, Tips and traps, Trustee
The outsourcing of self-managed super fund (SMSF) administration is compromising client confidentiality, a boutique SMSF administrator has said. Keep it Simple Super (KISS) have said that the offshoring of SMSF administration is becoming more common in the industry,...
by Admin | Fri, Apr, 2013 | Accessing your super, Adviser, Boosting your Balance, Contributions, Investments, Pensions, SMSF News, Tips and traps
On Friday 5 April 2013 the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, the Hon Bill Shorten MP, and the Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer, the Hon Wayne Swan MP, announced the Government’s proposed changes to the superannuation laws. The Government have...
by Admin | Wed, Mar, 2013 | SMSF News, Tips and traps, Trustee
Self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees are most likely to consider closing their fund within the first year of establishing it, according to research conducted by RFi. Discussing the results of a recent RFi survey of 1,000 SMSF trustees, the company’s...
