Nobel laureates and superannuationBY JONATHAN STEFFANONI | VOLUME 6, ISSUE 1 In this provocative piece, QMV Super Solutions' legal consultant Jonathan Steffanoni asks some questions around the regulation of SMSFs that are sure to raise some hackles. Get articles like this delivered to your email - Sign up for the free weekly newsletter  More Articles |
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Interesting piece. Though one could argue that if an individual is unable to beat the market then rather than paying a financial adviser in the vague hope of doing better than the market it would be better to just by a market performance linked ETF and skip the expensive middle man altogether.