The number of SMSFs employing limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBA) to acquire property has noticeably increased in the past few months as investors begin to rebalance their portfolios towards growth assets, according to an industry platform provider.

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will focus a large part of its compliance activity on loans within SMSFs in the 2014 financial year.

Advisers looking to service SMSF clients need to understand why these individuals are not engaged in the financial advice process before they can expect to make any progress to this end, according to the head of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA).

The latest research into the SMSF sector has revealed trustees are specifically looking for specialist advice to help them manage their retirement savings. The third annual “Intimate with Self Managed Superannuation” report, commissioned by the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) and Russell Investments Australasia and conducted by Core Data, showed trustees were […]

Specialist superannuation administration software provider Supercorp has added an automated depreciation schedule to the range of features available on its SMSF application, superMate.

Online-based property exchange provider DomaCom is looking at July for the release of its debt-free protected equity release product aimed at senior Australians.