Monday, 2 August 2010
The government has decreed that the accountants exemption in relation to the provision of SMSF advice is soon to go. This will bring all SMSF practitioners - including accountants and financial planners under the same licensing regime. At the same time the Cooper Panel has declared that the competency standards for those providing advice to SMSF trustees must rise to a specialist level - compared
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IFA SMSF Strategy Day Materials
Monday, 23 August 2010
During the recent IFA SMSF Strategy day Grant Abbott discussed a number of important issues and provided some reference guides. Detailed below are some of the guidelines from the Commissioner discusse...
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The Five Benefits of SMSF Borrowing
Monday, 23 August 2010
There are a number of important advantages for a SMSF trustee that successfully carries out a borrowing arrangement to acquire shares, managed funds, residential property or commercial property:
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Introducing the Family Super Fund
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
There are more than 400,000 self managed superannuation funds (SMSF) or DIY super funds operating in Australia. The majority of these funds have been established for one reason only and that is to e...
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