PORTFOLIO POINT: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has made a rare stumble into the super debate and lets out a few party secrets. When a prime minister weighs into a debate, … Read More What’s labor plotting for super
Category Archives: SMSFs
Your guide to the Henry tax review leaks
PORTFOLIO POINT: Is super headed towards becoming a defacto age pension system, designed to encourage only the lower-paid to put away for themselves? I’m not sure that any political party … Read More Your guide to the Henry tax review leaks
How your DIY fund rates
PORTFOLIO POINT: Finally, you can take a good look in the mirror. The Cooper Review into superannuation has produced probably the best, and most fascinating, statistical analysis of SMSFs yet … Read More How your DIY fund rates
SMSFs reasons to be fearful, phase three
PORTFOLIO POINT: The SMSF industry is being asked to stand up against the wall as critics take aim. Which parts should be salvaged in an extreme makeover? Jeremy Cooper has … Read More SMSFs reasons to be fearful, phase three
The “Peak SMSF” theory
PORTFOLIO POINT: Has your interest in DIY super peaked? A major study believes this is as popular as it gets for SMSF investing. “Investors’ inclination to run their own self-managed … Read More The “Peak SMSF” theory
Super rich: You have been warned
With every speech that Superannuation Minister Chris Bowen makes in regards to Labor’s vision for the future of superannuation, the picture gets clearer. And exponentially more concerning. Significantly for Eureka … Read More Super rich: You have been warned
Eight ways to gear DIY super
PORTFOLIO POINT: Here are the top eight SMSF gearing tips from super strategic guru Grant Abbott. The onset of the Global Financial Crisis ruined a few global parties. Overzealous equity … Read More Eight ways to gear DIY super
Super noose tightens another notch
PORTFOLIO POINT: Heard about “reportable super contributions”? They’re another Rudd Government attack on the wealthy. Here’s how they work. Means testing was launched back onto the political agenda with the … Read More Super noose tightens another notch
DIY funds grow, as do their challenges
Two of the worst years for investing in the nation’s history and legal headwinds for trustees have not dented Australians’ desire to take personal control of their super. At the … Read More DIY funds grow, as do their challenges
Now industry funds target SMSFs
PORTFOLIO POINT: SMSF trustees don’t have time to relax. They might need to take up arms against industry super funds next. The constant battles faced by trustees to protect SMSFs … Read More Now industry funds target SMSFs