Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce believes superannuation funds should engage in buying Australian property to halt the loss of local land assets to foreign residents. “It frustrates me somewhat when we hear that the largest dairy farm in Australia, Van Diemen’s Land Company, sold the other day [to Moon Lake Investments, owned by a Chinese […]

Superannuation must be detached from the short-term budget cycle and instead linked to a review and assessment process, such as the government’s Intergenerational Report, in order to minimise frequent changes to the system.

The corporate watchdog has cracked down on three instances of potentially misleading SMSF advertising on social media.

A recent review of the real estate market performed by listed property fund manager Folkestone has shown Australian real estate investment trusts (AREIT) to be the best-performing investment vehicle over the past five years. “Since the lows of the GFC (global financial crisis), non-residential real estate and listed AREITs have delivered positive risk-adjusted returns. In […]

When the trustee of an SMSF opens a bank account to conduct the financial transactions of the SMSF, who should be authorised to transact on the account?

The federal government has announced no further compensation will be provided to two groups of investors in the collapsed Trio Capital group.

BT Financial Group (BTFG) has finalised the components of its BT Panorama SMSF offer and has underlined the benefits of its modular approach, which aims to support SMSF advisory and accountancy businesses rather than redefine them.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) from Sydney-based CMH Financial Group and its sole director, Daniel White, following several instances of inappropriate SMSF advice.