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Mayfair founder sues ASIC for defamation

Mayfair ASIC defamation

The founder of Mayfair 101 has commenced defamation proceedings against ASIC, claiming a recent press release injured his reputation.

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financial advice

Concern over general advice deregulation

deregulation general advice

Apprehension has surfaced over the Quality of Advice Review proposal for the deregulation in the provision of general financial advice.

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Property

Household Capital, Genworth form partnership

Household Capital Genworth

The completion of its latest capital raising exercise has seen Household Capital add Genworth as a new strategic business partner.

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Superannuation

Top service providers awarded

SMSF Service Provider Awards 2022 - article image

The leading SMSF service providers have been named in the sector’s longest-running awards presented by selfmanagedsuper and research house CoreData.

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Cryptocurrency

NFTs limit audit actions

Practitioners auditing an SMSF with an investment in a non-fungible token (NFTs) will have few available avenues to deal with these assets.

Practitioners auditing an SMSF with an investment in a non-fungible token (NFTs) will have few available avenues to deal with these assets.

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financial advice

Reminder to check status of advice providers

SMSF trustees have been reminded to check the status of any advice provider they use in the establishment and running of their fund.

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Retirement

Many Australians underfunded for retirement

More than half of Australians do not have the savings and assets required to have a retirement income of $60,000 according to a new survey.

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Pensions

Common strategies endanger CSHC

pension health card

The ability for SMSF members to receive the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card can be compromised by two common pension strategies.

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Estate Planning

Separate SMSFs useful to address distortion

separate SMSFs

Separate SMSFs can be a useful estate planning tool where the financial relationships between parties have been distorted over time.

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Superannuation, Tax

Super tax wishlist will not help budget

superannuation taxes

Analysis by the FSC has shown ‘wishlist’ superannuation taxes would do little to boost the budget and negatively impact fund members.

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