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SMSF Association blasts 'highly questionable' ASFA research

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023
The SMSF Association has ripped apart the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia's (ASFA) assertion, which is based on ATO sample data, that less than 1% of SMSFs with balances over $3 million have farm-related income. The government has ...

Adviser with Investport links sees ban affirmed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
... so was less cost-effective than an alternative option. One such client had financial difficulties, with not enough in the SMSF to cover insurance payments, while facing a potential default on their home loan. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal affirmed ...

Coastal Advice Group expands reach

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
The Newcastle-based group has acquired RI Brighton and Wealth for Life Financial Planning as part of its strategy to become one of the leading financial advice providers in the country. The acquisition of the firms, both based out of Adelaide, will ...

'Should have known better': AAT tells auditor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
A former auditor who was busted for auditing her own husband's SMSF has seen her disqualification upheld by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT). In August 2022, Janette Townshend was found to have breached independence requirements by auditing ...

SMSF Association, CA ANZ rally against super tax changes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
The SMSF Association and Chartered Accounts ANZ (CA ANZ) have urgently called for the rejection of a newly proposed bill that would double tax on many Australians superannuation earnings. Yesterday in Parliament, assistant treasurer Stephen Jones introduced ...

Spatium Capital selects trustee, administrator for small caps fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023
... Companies Fund (SSCF) from early 2024. Spatium Capital said the announcement follows requests from financial advisers and SMSF trustees who want easier, cleaner digital access via applications and signature protocols. True Oak has operated for 40 years ...

Super fund fees now at record low: Data

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023
Superannuation fees in Australia have reached a historic low, with the total expense ratio averaging 0.93% per annum, as per research from Rainmaker Information. Rainmaker Information's analysis of over 1500 superannuation fund fee options, spread across ...

Caddick victims sue auditors in class action

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2023
... fraudulent activities. Twenty-four victims, together with the help of Melbourne-based law firm Mackay Chapman, are suing the SMSF auditors who allegedly failed to pick up that the assets Caddick invested never existed when reviewing the annual financial ...

Government to amend transfer balance cap laws

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2023
... inadvertently affecting their transfer balance cap. Notably, the amendments will apply retrospectively from 1 July 2017. Heffron SMSF Solutions managing director Meg Heffron told Financial Standard that the government's announcement was "very welcome ...

CrowdProperty opens to retail investors

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023
Previously limited to wholesale and institutional investors, residential real estate debt investment platform CrowdProperty Australia is now accessible to everyday investors. CrowdProperty, which has operated in Australia since 2021, matches investor ...