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Green light for SMSF family property investment

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... this opinion will allow SMSF trustees flexibility in respect of their residential property investments, including allowing SMSFs to co-invest with other SMSFs to create specialist accommodation for children with disabilities or special needs." DomaCom ...

Well-known advice firms merge

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
... together on delivering enhanced services across asset management, institutional equities and debt, private wealth management, SMSFs and corporate advisory. Evans & Partners executive chair, David Evans said: "Evans Dixon will see two powerful wealth ...

Fraudulent adviser faces court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
... relation to 12 investors by misleading them about the investments he would make on their behalf, including in relation to SMSFs, and how he would invest their funds, the risks associated and the expected returns of the investments. It is also alleged ...

Unlicensed property investor jailed for six years

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... Consolidated Holdings. He obtained funds by, in ASIC's words, persuading investors to "refinance their homes and/or establish SMSFs and then invest their superannuation in the developments." Through this, Patrick raised over $600,000 from 14 investors. ...

University launches free SMSF course

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... Finance, Adam Steen launched "An introduction to Self-Managed Superannuation Funds" after noting a dramatic increase in SMSFs over recent years and growing concerns in the superannuation sector. Steen believes the strong growth in SMSFs is the result ...

Managed portfolios vital for SMSF diversification

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... benefits of transparency, control of tax and reduction in costs the introduction of international managed portfolios gives SMSFs the ability to directly access international assets rather than just though managed funds or exchanged traded funds. "We ...

Inappropriate advice drives disputes

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
... about superannuation made up over one quarter (28%) of investment and advice disputes. The majority of disputes concerned SMSFs (43%), retail funds (19%) and industry funds (15%). For SMSFs the most common dispute was inappropriate advice at 34%. For ...

Ostrava wound up, directors banned

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... the company and Grim contravened the Corporations Act by "making misleading statements to clients about the value of their SMSFs, providing unlicensed managed discretionary account services, failing to comply with financial services disclosure obligations ...

ACBC launches additional XTB model portfolios

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
... ultra-low price volatility between 0.2% and 0.3% p.a., over the long term. ACBC believes the solution is likely to appeal to SMSFs or investors and savers in the pension stage. ACBC chief executive Richard Murphy said the new XTB model portfolios have ...

Younger Australians taking up SMSFs

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016
... years according to the latest industry research from Rainmaker. The data presents a strategic shift in the sector where most SMSFs are being established by younger people in their 40s, 30s and even in their 20s. Two thirds of existing SMSF members are ...