The increase in SMSF trustee disqualifications is being driven by certain recognisable circumstances.

Key stakeholders react to Treasury’s discussion paper regarding the role of superannuation in retirement.

The different political party attitudes towards the sector were displayed at this year’s SMSF Association National Conference.

Issue 44 of selfmanagedsuper examines the reasons behind the declining number of SMSF auditors and the impact it will have on the sector, and reviews how the government has interacted with the sector during its consultation on proposed policies and legislation. Among the issues covered by our regular contributors are how to stay within the evolving contribution cap boundaries and the steps to use contribution splitting, ensuring an SMSF does not lose it status when trustees are based overseas, and the benefits of multi-asset ETFs in a portfolio.

Leading SMSF stakeholders share their opinions on the most important issues currently affecting the sector.

Leading SMSF stakeholders share their opinions on the most important issues currently affecting the sector.

More unnecessary measures seem destined for the SMSF sector during this government’s time in office.

A new contribution to a fund entirely in pension phase has ECPI implications.

A particular set of SMSF compliance rules apply to transactions involving related parties.