Superannuation Background Information Contrary to popular belief, your superannuation is not automatically dealt with by your Will. You don’t own your superannuation. You may control it and have access to withdraw it, but you don’t legally own it. If you don’t own something, it isn’t yours to pass on via your Will. Upon death, it […]
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7 Benefits of Buying Investment Property with SMSF (Self Managed Super Fund) Borrowing
If you are drawn to the concept of investing your retirement savings in investment property but don’t have enough saved in super to do so, SMSF Borrowing might be for you. Providing certain conditions are met, a Self Managed Super Fund (SMSF) can borrow to invest in property under a Limited Recourse Borrowing Arrangement (LRBA). […]
2016 Federal Budget Summary
Last night, while most of us were busy watching MasterChef to find out who would get the final apron, the treasurer announced the 2016 Federal Budget. Below we summarise the key proposals. SUPERANNUATION Changes to super were wide-ranging and aimed to help those on lower incomes while trimming some of the concessions available to those on […]
Greece is the Word
In case you have missed the headlines, news reports and live crosses to experts, the world’s markets and media financial pages have been consumed by a single issue in recent weeks – the stand-off between Greece and its lenders. For investors everywhere, both of the large institutional kind and individual participants, the story is being […]