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SMSF borrowing triples in four years

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... under LRBAs are estimated at approximately $18 billion, representing approximately 3% of total SMSF assets. Macfarlane added LRBA statistics in the September 2015 quarterly report show an increase in the estimated value of SMSF assets held under LRBAs ...

SMSFs welcome no dumping of LRBAs

DARREN SNYDER  |  SUNDAY, 8 NOV 2015
... Slattery said the timing of the review will allow improvements to the data collection about the proportion of SMSFs that have LRBA arrangements. "It currently constitutes about 2.5% of all SMSF assets, a percentage of assets we believe does not pose ...

FSI retirement response receives support

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
Both Mercer and Challenger have backed the federal government's decision to support the development of Comprehensive Income Products for Retirement (CIPRs). Announcing its response to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) today, the government has accepted ...

AMP to launch SMSF trustee course

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
AMP will launch an online self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustee course early next year as part of a wider education strategy aimed at both advisers and trustees. AMP SMSF head of policy, technical and education services, Peter Burgess said ...

DomaCom added to managedaccounts.com.au

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... never had. The DomaCom model makes it easy for advisory firms managing client portfolios to add property without the need for LRBA arrangements," he said. "We are very pleased to have been approved to support the delivery of real property by the managedaccounts.com.au ...

New SMSFs slowing as boomers retire

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... a friend whose accountant told him to move his money from an industry fund to an SMSF and borrow to buy property with an LRBA. He ran away, set up the fund, transferred the money and found out at the end of it that he didn't have enough. "The old adage ...

Frydenberg relaxed about SMSF borrowing

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has sent a clear signal that SMSF borrowing arrangements are unlikely to come under fire in upcoming tax reviews. In a speech to the Tax Institute, the Assistant Treasurer spoke widely about the parliament's tax and ...

Minimum $200k SMSF balance "completely incorrect"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
A superannuation lawyer has slammed the recommendation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) that self-managed super funds (SMSFs) should hold a minimum balance of $200,000. Townsends Law special counsel on superannuation Michael ...

SMSF direct property investment jumps 60pct

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
The value of self-managed super fund (SMSF) investment in residential real estate has jumped 60% in the last four years, according to figures from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). In its submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry ...

CPA sets up independent advice license

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
CPA Australia has set up CPA Australia Advice, an independent financial planning licensee that aims to become "a new benchmark for professional and ethical conduct." The business is expected to be fully operational in 2016 and is owned by the accounting ...