Miranda Brownlee

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Miranda Brownlee is the deputy editor of SMSF Adviser, which is the leading source of news, strategy and educational content for professionals working in the SMSF sector.

Since joining the team in 2014, Miranda has been responsible for breaking some of the biggest superannuation stories in Australia, and has reported extensively on technical strategy and legislative updates.
Miranda also has broad business and financial services reporting experience, having written for titles including Investor Daily, ifa and Accountants Daily.

You can email Miranda on: miranda.brownlee@momentummedia.com.au

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Mistakes, error, SMSF practitioners

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Mistakes with new TRIS rules tripping up practitioners

27 September 2018 • Hits: 5403

Some SMSF practitioners are making some critical errors with the documentation for TRISs, which could have significant t ... READ MORE

Prison, jail, penalty

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Double prison time, five-fold penalties for misconduct on the cards

26 September 2018 • Hits: 3856

Treasury has released draft legislation containing tougher penalties for misconduct, including a five-fold increase in t ... READ MORE

Banned, ban signage

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Selling super products gets support from APRA fund lobby

26 September 2018 • Hits: 2988

Banning the sale of superannuation products from bank branches could trigger “unintended consequences”, the Associat ... READ MORE

Caution, risks

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Tax traps surface in delayed death benefits payments

26 September 2018 • Hits: 4723

While SMSF trustees may have a longer period to commence the payment of death benefit pensions versus members or public ... READ MORE

AMP, SMSF loan products

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Another bank drops all SMSF loan products

25 September 2018 • Hits: 6477

Following the spate of major banks that have dropped their SMSF lending products, another bank has announced that it wil ... READ MORE

Alert, warning

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SMSF software firm launches automatic SMS alerts

25 September 2018 • Hits: 5489

One of the major SMSF software providers has released new SMS and email features to help users automate client communica ... READ MORE

ATO, data access

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ATO makes moves to fix ‘unworkable’ TBC data access

25 September 2018 • Hits: 4975

With the limited access to transfer balance cap information for clients causing frustration for many SMSF professionals, ... READ MORE

ASIC, SMSF death benefit

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ASIC report a ‘big impact’ on SMSF death benefit advice

25 September 2018 • Hits: 2994

The SMSF advice report released by ASIC in June has major implications for how advice should be given to the surviving s ... READ MORE

Big four banks, ASIC review, breaches, bank

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Super tops the list for significant breaches in ASIC review

25 September 2018 • Hits: 4844

An ASIC review examining the time taken to identify, report and correct significant breaches of large financial services ... READ MORE

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