by Guy Wuoti | Thu, Aug, 2014 | Accessing your super, Adviser, Boosting your Balance, Borrowing, Contributions, Equities, Investments, Pensions, Property, SMSF Options, Trustee
There is nothing more exiting than waking up by the pool while on holidays, than checking out your super fund’s investments to see how they are going. Okay maybe not that exciting for most, but the great news you could do this if you wanted to, no matter the...
by smsfoptions | Mon, Aug, 2014 | Adviser, Artwork & Collectables, Borrowing, Equities, Investments, Property, SMSF Options, Tips and traps, Trustee
Whenever there is a discussion on Self-Managed Super nowadays, at some point the topic of cost will work its way into the conversation. Should I setup a SMSF – what will it cost compared to a public fund, how much will it cost to setup, how much will it cost to...
by smsfoptions | Mon, Jul, 2013 | Artwork & Collectables, Borrowing, Equities, Investments, Property, SMSF News, SMSF Options, Tips and traps
Earlier this year, the Government began moves to ban off-market transfers of assets to self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) from related parties. A related party of your SMSF broadly includes any other member of the SMSF, an employer that contributes to the fund...
by Admin | Thu, Mar, 2013 | Adviser, Equities, Investments, SMSF News, Trustee
Self-managed super fund trustees must consider having a solid exposure to dividend stocks even as they move into retirement, according to Legg Mason. As investors approach retirement their saving priorities change from growing their pension pot to preserving it....
by Admin | Wed, Sep, 2012 | Equities, Investments, SMSF News
Self-managed super funds (SMSF) are leading the way in Australian investment into non-traditional emerging markets, according to East Capital Asia chief executive Michael Hanson-Lawson. Super funds were largely governed by consultants and likely to allocate between 1...
by Admin | Sun, Sep, 2012 | Equities, Investments, Property, SMSF News
Direct property and direct overseas equities are the two growing areas of interest for self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF), according to a boutique investment manager. Instreet Investment managing director George Lucas said that five years ago, only about 5 per...