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SMSF Adviser - News for Australian SMSF professionals
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SMSF establishment practices in ASIC spotlight - SMSF Adviser
2 days ago · ASIC will continue its surveillance of assessing the quality of financial advice to establish SMSFs as one of its key focus areas for 2025. In its key issues outcome paper 2025, the regulator has highlighted one of its main concerns in the coming year is unsuitable superannuation advice resulting in ...
Big ticket items for advisers to watch in 2025 - SMSF Adviser
The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort and the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes packages will continue to be issues to watch in 2025, a leading SMSF adviser has said. Aaron Dunn, CEO of Smarter SMSF, said there is still a lot happening regarding the CSLR, and it is one area that financial ...
How to get the most out of SMSF investment opportunities and …
Using a multi-asset portfolio, with an experienced professional managing asset collection and manager selection, is an effective strategy. Their role would be determining which asset classes, such as shares versus bonds, or even sub-asset classes like US small companies versus large companies, are expected to deliver the best returns.
Growth Strategies for SMSF Professionals - SMSF Adviser
5 days ago · Up-to-date, specialised strategy is core component of an SMSF professional’s arsenal. SMSF Adviser analyses and interprets regulatory and legislative changes to ensure the SMSF sector is kept informed on the tips, tools and best practice for serving SMSF trustees.
2024 in review: wins, challenges, and the road ahead for the SMSF ...
To call 2024 the SMSFA’s annus mirabilis might be an exaggeration – but only just. As I reflect on the year, the SMSF sector achieved a notable milestone and notched some important wins for advisers and their clients. Throughout 2024, the sector has …
How SMSFs can take advantage of a ‘potentially huge’ deduction
Jan 16, 2025 · “The size of the deduction depends on a number of factors but could easily be in excess of $500,000 in this case.” Noting that the deduction is also known as the Future Liability deduction, he said the benefit can be paid as a pension, lump sum or combination and can be used to offset current and future SMSF income tax liabilities.
Government pushes for super bill to be on Senate schedule next …
2 days ago · The controversial Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions Bill is expected to be brought before the Senate on 4 February. An alert from the SMSF Association to its members today said that on the last Senate sitting day in 2024, a motion was passed requiring consideration of the Better Targeted ...
What does 2024 have in store for SMSFs? We ask our panel of …
Grant Abbott, LightYear Group chair, director, and founder. As we saw in 2023, I think the big one is going to be preparing for the $3 million wealth tax that applies from 1 July 2024.
Senate inquiry into wealth company collapse puts SMSF sector in ...
Aaron Dunn, CEO of Smarter SMSF, said on the latest SMSF Adviser podcast that the Senate inquiry into the collapse of Dixon Advisory and its impact on the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort has once again put SMSFs in the spotlight as a potential risk regarding safeguarding people’s retirement savings.