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Industry super attacks SMSFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
... literacy, high confidence and strong links to financial and tax professionals." The research from CIFR demonstrated that SMSF members do not show significantly greater financial literacy than non-SMSF members and are more likely to rely on professional ...

SMSFs encouraged to embrace fintech

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
SMSF members need to embrace fintech to minimise the erosion of returns and add simplicity to the costs of both asset ownership and administration. Managed account software provider MA Operator says many SMSFs are paying for services they don't need ...

Green light for SMSF family property investment

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... Naoumidis said: "For DomaCom, now in the middle of an IPO, this is a critical opinion from the ATO. For the first time, SMSF members can use some of their super money to invest in a property jointly with their children to help them acquire a house to ...

Younger Australians taking up SMSFs

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016
Three quarters of new SMSF members are aged below 55 and yield an average age of 46 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 ...

SMSFs warrant PC review inclusion

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... broader range of factors. The Commission says it sees merit in conducting its own survey of fund members, including SMSF members, as part of the future review. It says this would provide an opportunity to collect evidence on member attitudes and behaviours ...

SuperGuard360 gives SMSF trustees greater protection

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... more than 30,000 each year are victims of poor financial advice and investment fraud. To compound the problem, as SMSF members are also trustees of their funds they are not regulated by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). This means ...

SMSFs must increase global equities investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... to create self-funded retirees. HUB24 managing director Andrew Alcock told a recent media briefing in Sydney that SMSF members are too comfortable investing in Australia's backyard. He said that mindset would be beneficial if the local economy was delivering ...

Align with super's purpose, not politics

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... higher level of earnings in the super environment then what it would be under the existing rules. For the majority of SMSF members 15% is going to be a rate lower than the marginal tax rate," Ashenden said. He said for the individual there's always the ...

SMSF Association implores Govt not to reduce contribution caps

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... which would be hindered by any regulatory reduction of contribution caps. The report was based on data from 14,000 SMSF members, and was described by SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery as "an important piece of research that demonstrates ...

More numerate less likely to open SMSF

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... showing people with higher numeracy skills are less likely to be an SMSF member. That said, the research also shows SMSF members are highly knowledgeable about running their own super fund, and the numeracy finding may be explained by age, as well as ...