Updated as of 22 April 2020 The SMSF Association as a priority is actively monitoring the economic uncertainty resulting from COVID-19. We will provide updates as they are announced in conjunction with SMSF resources to help you navigate the challenges ahead. The latest updates on this page include ASIC’s relief measures announcement and resource, LRBA…
April 2021 Hindsight is an amazing thing, so let’s use a little and reflect on the past 12 months. At the end of March a year ago, we did not know that it marked the beginning of an unexpected and relatively speedy recovery in financial markets as measured by key indices. At that time, there…
April 2021 Opinion piece written by John Maroney, CEO, SMSF Association First published in The Financial Review on 21 April 2021. Licensed by Copyright Agency. Got art, jewellery or cars in your collection? Watch out for how they’re insured, where you store them and who uses them. The rules around the holding of collectables and personal-use assets…
April 2021 Opinion piece written by John Maroney, CEO, SMSF Association First published in The Sydney Morning Herald on 13 April 2021. Licensed by Copyright Agency. The decision to set up a Self-Managed Super Fund (SMSF) should not be taken lightly. Although it puts SMSF trustees on a journey towards financial self-funding in retirement, it…
March 2021 As the legislation to allow the number of SMSF members to increase from four to six makes its way through The Parliament, now may be the time for SMSF trustees to consider the benefits and any downside to increasing the number of members in their funds. While the number of members in the…
March 2021 Opinion piece written by John Maroney, CEO, SMSF Association Most self-managed super fund members and their advisers were coming to grips with the new rules around transfer balance caps. But then along came indexation. When the Transfer Balance Cap (TBC) was introduced on July 1, 2017, the federal government’s aim was to introduce…
February 2021 The SMSF Association were honoured to be joined by Senator the Hon Jane Hume, Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services, and the Digital Economy earlier this month at their virtual National Conference, the premier event for SMSF professionals and the SMSF sector. In her Special Address to over 1100 delegates, the Minister provided a…
February 2021 Opinion piece written by John Maroney, CEO, SMSF Association Trustees frustrated by excessive paperwork and expensive advice frameworks will be watching two government initiatives with great interest. There is growing momentum for financial services reform that could see the cost of administering a self-managed super fund fall, with federal Treasury and the Australian…
February 2021 Opinion piece written by John Maroney, CEO, SMSF Association Published in The Financial Review on 23 February In the three months to September 30 last year, the number of self managed superannuation funds increased 5,530 as 5,607 people decided they wanted to take direct control of their super. Last financial year tells a…
February 2021 Opinion piece written by John Maroney, CEO, SMSF Association Published in The Sydney Morning Herald on 16 February 2021. To put it mildly, 2020 was a harrowing year for investors. For Self-Managed Super Fund trustees, many sitting on their life’s retirement nest eggs, it was even more so. On February 20, the S&P/ASX…
January 2021 Opinion piece written by John Maroney, CEO, SMSF Association Published in The Financial Review on 28 January 2021. Rejoicing at the indexation of the transfer balance cap from July 1 because you’ll get more in tax-free pension phase? How it will work is likely to be frustrating. Since July 1, 2016, the complexities…
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