Latest news articles
Running an SMSF is far from set and forget
First published in The Sydney Morning Herald on 13 April 2021. Licensed by Copyright Agency. The decision to set up a Self-Managed Super Fund (SMSF) should not be taken lightly.
Devil in the detail with indexed super transfer cap
First published in the Financial Review on 26 March 2021 Most self-managed super fund members and their advisers were coming to grips with the new rules around transfer balance caps.
Collectables and Personal use assets: Insurance myth busted
Since 1 July 2011, the SIS Regulations require trustees of SMSFs to insure collectables and personal use assets owned by the fund, other than memberships of sporting or social clubs,
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
Latest media releases
Shameful ASIC fee increase warrants immediate review
Joint Media Release with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, CPA Australia, Financial Planning Association of Australia, and Institute of Public Accountants. ASIC hikes financial adviser licence fees despite adviser numbers
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
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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