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SPAA rejects compulsory annuitisation

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has spoken against the introduction of compulsory annuitisation in Australia in its submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) "SPAA does not support policy incentives that encourage retirees ...

SPAA defends SMSF tax rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... Responding to a front-page article in the Australian Financial Review today, SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) chief executive Andrea Slattery said the claim that SMSFs do not pay enough tax misses the wider picture. "There is no difference ...

SPAA launches pilot program for "complex" issues

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has developed a new online technical mentoring pilot program for its specialist members with focus on complex and difficult scenarios. The new educational program is available to members holding ...

SMSF service industry comes of age: Survey

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... industry, with no single business model dominating. Jointly published by the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) and Macquarie, the 2014 SMSF Service Model Report, carries the responses of 292 SMSF service businesses across Australia. ...

BT asks for full adviser disclosure to consumers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... the Best Interests Duty, shows FoFA has moved in the right direction." The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) also welcomed the government's initiative for an adviser public register. "This register will assist in uncovering those 'pop ...

Adviser appetite for infrastructure investments increasing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... outcome," Frankish said. In its submission to the Financial System Inquiry the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has called for improved access for self-directed investors. It argues such a relationship would be mutually beneficial. ...

2014 MAX Award Winners and Finalists

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014

SPAA voices concern over conflicted remuneration

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) expressed concern at the Senate Economics Committee decision to back the government's amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) law on conflicted remuneration. The organisation also said ...

SPAA makes key corporate services appointments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
The SMSF Professional's' Association of Australia (SPAA) has appointed two executives to focus on corporate development and corporate services. Richard Hockney will be SPAA's general manager of corporate development, while Joshua Geers has been appointed ...

Delay in SG rise 'disappointing', says industry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... retirement." Representing the self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) sector, the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) also expressed disappointed, with senior manager, technical & policy Jordan George saying: "This is important to ensure ...