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Reform aims to cut costs and simplify SMSFs
First published in the Australian Financial Review on 24 February 2021. Trustees frustrated by excessive paperwork and expensive advice frameworks will be watching two government initiatives with great interest. There is growing
Pandemic puts investors in charge
First published in the Australian Financial Review on 23 February 2021. In the three months to September 30 last year, the number of self managed superannuation funds increased 5530 as 5607 people
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2021 National Conference Special Address | Danielle Press, Commissioner, ASIC
SMSF Association Virtual National Conference 2021 https://vimeo.com/514068291/c7ec9fa417 Danielle Press, Commissioner, Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Latest media releases
Investment strategies must be ‘trustee driven’
Although a self-managed super fund (SMSF) investment strategy is not an advice document, advisers must ensure that it has not been interpreted as advice, Adam Goldstien, a financial adviser with
Virtual National Conference huge hit with delegates
The SMSF Association National Conference ticked all the boxes with the two-day event attracting more than 1,100 registrations from every state and territory, over 9,500 hours of sessions viewed and
SMSFs with LRBAs ‘not penalised’ for capitalising interest
Self-managed super funds (SMSFs) that have borrowed from a private company under a limited recourse borrowing arrangement (LRBA) will not suffer adverse tax consequences if the loan interest has been
SMSF Association wants ATO to address critical NALE issues
The SMSF Association has called on the ATO to address several critical issues in its final ruling on how the new rules for non-arm’s length expenses (NALE) will apply. The
Latest submissions
Opening statement – Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology
Opening statement for the Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology – Committee session 12 February 2021 – SMSF Association The SMSF Association is the peak body for
Federal Budget 2021-2022 Submission
SMSF Association Submission The SMSF Association welcomes the opportunities to provide a 2021-2022 Budget submission. In this submission we focus on three significant themes: Complexity Advice Technical issues The SMSF
Submission on Consultation paper 332 – Promoting access to affordable advice for consumers
SMSF Association Submission The SMSF Association welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) on Consultation Paper 332 – Promoting access to affordable
SMSF Association joint Submission with SAFAA – Access to Capital
SMSF Association and Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology on ‘access to capital’. The SMSF Association (SMSFA) and Stockbrokers and
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