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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Trust vesting ‘rearing its ugly head’

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Trust vesting ‘rearing its ugly head’

04 March 2018 • Hits: 8042

With the vesting dates for a large number of family trusts established in the 70s and early 80s set to expire soon, bene ... READ MORE

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‘Last golden opportunity for LRBAs’, warns lawyer

04 March 2018 • Hits: 5279

With the government’s proposed measures for LRBAs likely to enter Parliament soon, SMSF clients considering an LRBA ma ... READ MORE

Increase, arrow up

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Increased super thresholds flagged for 2018–19

02 March 2018 • Hits: 8091

While the contribution caps will remain unchanged for the 2018–19 financial year, calculations performed by Thomson Re ... READ MORE

ATO SMSF leader replaced with KPMG exec

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ATO SMSF leader replaced with KPMG exec

02 March 2018 • Hits: 6884

A KPMG executive will be taking on the role of assistant commissioner, SMSFs, in the wake of Kasey Macfarlane's departur ... READ MORE

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ATO issues fresh robo-advice warning to SMSF professionals

01 March 2018 • Hits: 7940

With certain robo-advice providers promoting their services to unlicensed accountants, the ATO has warned SMSF professio ... READ MORE

ISA slammed over ‘distorted SMSF analysis’

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ISA slammed over ‘distorted SMSF analysis’

01 March 2018 • Hits: 6757

Industry Super Australia has faced considerable backlash from the SMSF industry following its analysis of SMSF balances ... READ MORE

Living with children a ‘perfect storm’ for elder abuse

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Living with children a ‘perfect storm’ for elder abuse

01 March 2018 • Hits: 6422

One estate planning lawyer is seeing arrangements where older parents live with adult children go very wrong in some cas ... READ MORE

Older women at greater risk of elder abuse

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Older women at greater risk of elder abuse

28 February 2018 • Hits: 6513

With women tending to outlive their male partners statistically and dealing with financial affairs at a time when they� ... READ MORE

Shades of grey, death benefit

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'Shades of grey' surface in BDBNs, pension strategies

28 February 2018 • Hits: 5341

Uncertainty around whether a binding death benefit nomination can bring about an auto-reversionary pension and provide b ... READ MORE

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