SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) vice chair Peter Crump has released a new book about running your own super fund.

The SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) has reiterated its opposition to any form of structured compensation scheme for trustees running their own retirement savings vehicles.

The latest research into Australians’ thoughts about retirement has revealed close to one-third of those surveyed, 31.7 per cent, believed they would experience a large financial shortfall during that time of their lives.

Specialist SMSF administration service provider Class Super is launching a service that will allow all contributors to self-managed funds to be SuperStream compliant.

Bell Direct has announced a deal with SuperGuardian to manage all of the administrative aspects of the independent online broking company’s integrated SMSF solution.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has frozen the assets of failed financial services group Charterhill owner George Novak and his wife, Betty Novak.

The federal government has made a commitment to reassess the superannuation contribution cap limits in order to lessen the instances of accidental breaches that lead to severe penalties for individuals.

Investor appetite for emerging market (EM) opportunities was higher among SMSF investors than investors without an SMSF, according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

SMSF service provider trustdeed.com.au has launched an affordable SMSF trust deed and has slammed claims that cheaper products expose advisers to additional business risks.