Draft regulations released for SMSF legacy pension conversions

The recently released Exposure Draft of Treasury Laws Amendment Instrument 2024 – SMSFs – legacy retirement product conversions and reserves marks a significant shift in how legacy retirement products are managed within the self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) sector. Specifically, the regulations relax commutation restrictions on certain superannuation income streams and allow for more flexible management…

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Quite budget night will lead to bigger focus of super at next election

The Labor Government as part of their election promise stated that it would not make any ‘major changes’ to superannuation in their first term of Government, other than to define what superannuation should exist for.   The reality is that we have seen some key announcements by the Government, including the controversial proposal to introduce Division…

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