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SMSFs avoid advisers due to lack of asset-specific support

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... asset-specific advice is increasing the advice gap for SMSFs in Australia, an expert said at the SMSF Association (SMSFA) Conference. During a panel discussion, Easy Super director Natalia Clack said she understood that financial advisers cannot provide ...

Process to become an adviser remains 'unattractive': SMSFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... entrants to the advice industry have been abandoned, at least for now. Speaking at the 2026 SMSF Association National Conference, Waller said policies such as Delivering Better Financial Outcomes and education reforms are currently off the government's ...

SMSF advice requires specialist skills, professional judgement: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... they use the practical tips that were in this this review to improve their own processes," he told the annual SMSFA Conference in Adelaide. In the report, ASIC urged advisers to use professional judgement when determining whether a self-managed super ...

Looming Div 296 tax prompts urgent tax, retirement planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... their tax planning and retirement strategies and act with urgency, according to an SMSF expert. At the SMSFA National Conference this morning, Meg Heffron, managing director of Heffron Consulting, discussed different scenarios on how the new tax can ...

Advisers lose lead in SMSF establishments: Panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
... experts - but they can reclaim their lead. New findings from Class released at the annual SMSF Association National Conference this morning revealed SMSF establishments in the quarter to September 2025 were the highest on record since 2012. This saw ...

Fed leaves rates on hold as Powell issues message to Trump

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... the service sector and tariff effects wind their way through the goods sector," Miller said. Powell also gave a press conference after the decision where, while he did not name Trump, he delivered a poignant message. "My colleagues and I remain squarely ...

Super funds, instos shun ETFs, retail dominance prevails

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... listed products over potentially cheaper products that they can get elsewhere in the world," he told a recent ETFGI conference. David Tuckwell, ETF Shares chief investment officer, told Financial Standard that large superannuation funds typically do ...

A new landscape for sustainable investing in 2026

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... biodiversity risks have emerged as an investor concern that will continue into 2026, the report stated. The UN Oceans Conference led to the ratification of the High Seas Treaty which is a legally binding framework to protect marine biodiversity in areas ...

Padua ends joint CEO structure

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
Padua Solutions is reshaping its leadership as co-founder Anne-Marie Esler shifts from day-to-day management into a board and industry engagement role, drawing a line under the joint chief executive model she has shared with her brother since the business ...

FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... long time. We know that, and we have benefited massively from that," he told the recent Citi Australia and New Zealand Conference. In 2023, China was Australia's largest export destination by far, offloading mostly an abundance of iron ore and bringing ...