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SMSFs: Our ‘hardest’ jobs

What are the hardest aspects of running your self-managed super fund (SMSF)?

ASIC issues alert over big gaps in SMSF trustee knowledge

          ASIC's latest research concludes many SMSF trustees lack a basic understanding of their legal obligations... View Article

Super savings gap for women stuck at 30%

While the gender gap in superannuation is improving, an economic index indicates women are still retiring with superannuation balances 30 per cent lower than men.

Statistics for all Australians

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Super set to play bigger retirement role

Statistical evidence shows superannuation is likely to play a more significant role than it currently does in the retirement income space for Australians, a senior financial services executive has said.

Why SMSFs want estate-planning advice

An estimated 77,000 self-managed super funds (SMSFs) have unmet needs for advice on estate planning.

The power of financial role models

Role models are important in many stages of life. Be it school years, on the sporting field or in your career, having a positive role model, someone to compare yourself to and measure your progress against, can be a powerful and positive influence.

Survey reveals strong opposition to retirement system changes

The majority of Australians are opposed to further changes to the retirement system, despite the rising costs with supporting an ageing population a recent survey has shown.

Assess your retirement financial resources

#4 in a series of informative blogs on this topic, links to three others are below.

Assessing financial resources is surely at the top or near the top of most investors' lists of what really matters for their retirement planning. Have you given this issue enough attention?

Cryptocurrency audits tipped to increase this EOFY

Audit activities around cryptocurrency are set to spike this tax time as part of the ATO’s broader risk analysis in its black economy crackdown, says one mid-tier.