Fabian Busoletti told delegates at last week’s SMSF Association national conference what is known is that SMSF trustees are ...

According to the latest Retirement Standard Report from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, the super balance needed at 67 for homeowners to fund a comfortable retirement in ...

The Retirement Reporting Framework and Best Practice Principles for Superannuation Retirement Income Solutions were designed to “uplift the retirement phase of superannuation”. Treasury states the ...

Katie Timms, partner with RSM, said the choice to use either a trust or an SMSF now is highly strategic and depends on wealth ...

Bryce Figot, special counsel for DBA Lawyers, said there are several key considerations when deciding whether an SMSF pension ...

Michael Hallinan, special counsel for SUPERCentral, said the four problems include no LRBA documents, incomplete ...

Alexandra Sidoti, senior ombudsman with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority, said it is “a bit of a funny space around these” because sometimes it is not clear to see the conduct or it is ...

Peter Burgess, CEO of the SMSFA, said the government’s expectation that the financial planning profession should shoulder a ...

The 2026 CEO Award was presented to David Saul, while Bryce Figot received the prestigious Chair Award. High-achieving ...

The regulator said if a trustee chooses to establish an SMSF with individual trustees the fund can have up to six members, each of which must be not just a trustee but a member of the fund.

BGL is investing in tools to help clients understand and explain how Div 296 may apply, without treating outcomes as definitive or replacing professional judgement.  Jeevan Tokhi, BGL chief product ...

Peter Burgess, CEO of the SMSFA, said with record and continued growth in the sector, the need for specialised SMSF-specific ...