How to Maximise Your Assets before Retirement with Tactical Investing
Risk tolerance, time horizon, and asset allocation - you've dealt with these factors for a good part of your life, but now, in the face [...]
The new rules for calculating the Super Guarantee for employees
From 1 July 2020, new rules will come into effect to ensure that an employee’s salary sacrifice contributions cannot be used to reduce the amount [...]
Common errors associated with the Super Downsizer Scheme
The Super Downsizer Scheme started on 1 July 2018 and has allowed older Australians to sell their homes and contribute up to $300,000 of the [...]
Return of the Super Guarantee Amnesty
The Government has resurrected the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) amnesty giving employers that have fallen behind with their SG obligations the ability to “self-correct.” This time [...]
Are all your SMSF investments in one place?
The investment strategies of Self Managed Superannuation Funds (SMSFs) are under scrutiny with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) contacting 17,700 trustees about a lack of [...]
Class SMSF Benchmark Report June 2019
The latest Class SMSF Benchmark Report provides some interesting Investment Insights: Tech companies make up 57% of the Top 20 International Share Holdings, while International [...]
Super, insurance and exit fees: The 1 July changes
From 1 July 2019, new laws prevent superannuation providers from eroding member balances with unwanted or unnecessary insurance and exit fees. Plus, inactive accounts with [...]
SBSCH end of financial year processing dates
Pay your super via a clearing house? Superannuation payments are only considered to be paid for taxation purposes once they have been received by the [...]
Not making your full superannuation contribution? Now you can catch up
This year is the first year of new measures that enable people who have been out of the work force, like new mums, to top [...]
Class SMSF March 2019 Benchmark Report
The Class SMSF Benchmark Report for March 2019 is now available. This quarter’s special feature casts a spotlight on the characteristics and trends of newly [...]