Self-managed super fund (SMSF) administrator Multiport has launched an SMSF gearing package as an extension to its core administration services. Aimed at both financial advisers and SMSF trustees ...

COSTS: If you already have a SMSF, the package costs $2990 for a bank loan; if you need to establish a SMSF before buying the property, it costs $3650. In both cases, if you go through an adviser ...

Summary: With the sharemarket surging, property prices rising, and interest rates low, now may be a good time to consider borrowing, or gearing, as an investment tool. Key take-out: Trustees ...

Here are 10 critical points to consider when deciding whether your SMSF should acquire business premises, typically through gearing, to rent to your family business: Pros 1.

Whilst the government has turned off the red light when it comes to SMSF gearing, this shouldn't be taken as giving the green light. Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer Help using ...

SMSF auditor Martin Murden believes the raising of the possible removal of superannuation gearing is a “potential trigger” for SME owners who had been examining whether to gear their business ...

The opportunity for clients to use a self-managed super fund (SMSF) and borrow for investment has received much media attention recently. While your clients can benefit by receiving income and capital ...

Betashares has registered a new managed investment scheme, which possibly signals the expansion of its Wealth Builder geared ETF product suite, launched in April last year.

Some banks offer specific ‘SMSF term deposits’ with different rates or features, and these might also be called ‘Business term deposits’. However, banks may also offer SMSFs the same term ...

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The Reserve Bank said it will closely monitor the increasingly popular strategy of borrowing to invest in real estate through a self-managed super fund.

What makes SMSF gearing tricky is that trustees may borrow only to acquire "a single acquirable asset". The head of technical services at MLC, Gemma Dale, says: "If the super fund uses borrowed ...