Michael Laurence
Regulators apply heat to property spruikers targeting SMSFs
Property spruikers pushing individuals to set up self-managed super funds (SMSFs) to buy direct property are coming under increasing pres…
Australia’s best super funds for 2015: How to pick the fund for you
If you had held $100,000 10 years ago in the highest-performing balanced super fund over the past decade that nest egg would have grown t…
Super trouble for small business couple taken to the cleaners: Five lessons for your SMSF
A married couple is paying a high price in fines and lost retirement savings for illegally using most of the assets in their self-managed su…
Six tips to check your SMSF isn’t short on insurance
A leading superannuation and insurance actuary believes many members of self-managed super funds (SMSFs) do not carry any life, permanent…
Family feuds over death benefits: Five SMSF takeaways for your business
A family dispute over superannuation death benefits has led to a legal bill of more than $370,000 charged to a self-managed super fund (S…
When SMSFs and SMEs get too close: eight traps to avoid
Almost 60% of reported contraventions by self-managed super funds involve illegal related-party transactions between a fund and its membe…
15 smartest end-of-financial-year SMSF strategies
Small business owners can employ a number of different approaches to make the most of their super contributions before end-of-financial-year…
Five counterintuitive ways to put a rocket under your super
A seemingly counterintuitive strategy is for successful, cashed-up SME owners to take advantage of opportunities to really boost their super…
Three ways to defend bigger super balances from potential tax
SME owners with above-average super balances have a strong incentive to try to protect their savings from the risk that a future government …
Family SMSFs: The advantages and disadvantages
As Australia’s population rapidly ages, countless SME owners nearing retirement are confronting a pressing decision about whether to admit…
