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Financial System Inquiry response cut-out-and-keep guide

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... government has agreed with virtually all of those recommendations - with the notable exception of scrapping limited recourse borrowing arrangements - and added six measures it says are consistent with the inquiry's philosophy. In this handy cut-out-and-keep ...

FSI retirement response receives support

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... objectives of superannuation in legislation. However the government has also ruled out prohibiting limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) by super funds, in disagreement with one of the FSI recommendations. Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison said ...

AMP to launch SMSF trustee course

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... finally responds to the Financial System Inquiry, he expects the government to also tighten rules around limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs). "And that will likely be restrictions imposed on personal guarantees, or perhaps the prohibition ...

Frydenberg relaxed about SMSF borrowing

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... System Inquiry (FSI), the government would make a measured response around problems associated with limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) and self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs). "The available statistics on limited recourse borrowing ...

Minimum $200k SMSF balance "completely incorrect"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... ability to jointly invest in an asset portfolio with a related party via a unit trust." He also mentioned limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) to buy direct shares and property, "even where the starting balance is well under $200,000, since ...

SMSF direct property investment jumps 60pct

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... since March 2011. While it is feared that SMSFs ability to borrow money to buy residential property via limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) is helping to fuel the housing bubble, SMSF Association technical and professional standards director ...

CPA sets up independent advice license

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... Of those surveyed, 71% would like to provide assistance with rollovers, 66% would like to advise on limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs), 56% would like to advise on preparing investment strategies for SMSFs and 36% want to provide insurance ...

Gearing for SMSFs won't be significant: Colley

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... will be I don't really know," Colley said. "It seems there might be a rule about restricting the LRBA (limited recourse borrowing arrangement) for investments by superannuation funds in direct property through gearing. "When you look at the stats on ...

SMSFs attract too much criticism

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... professionals for quietly getting on with business in the face of hostile media, which has attacked limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs), the amount SMSFs pay in tax and skewed asset allocation. "The sector attracts its fair share of criticism ...

FSI proposal to ban LRBAs "draconian"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
The Financial System Inquiry (FSI)'s recommendation to ban limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) is "a draconian move that we need to reflect on," the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA)'s chief operating officer Phil Anderson said. "LRBAs ...