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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
... rules apply across the board. 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 ...

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 advisers gear for referrals from accountants

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... future growth," she said. Keeping up-to-date with legislative change and competition remain key challenges for SMSF professionals. Almost half of planners (45.7%) and 30.1% of accountants cited legislative change as the greatest challenge for their business ...

SMSF service industry comes of age: Survey

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... flourishing and enormously diverse 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 ...

BT asks for full adviser disclosure to consumers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... the adviser's responsibility under 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 ...

Adviser appetite for infrastructure investments increasing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... infrastructure and get a better 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 ...

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 ...

Delay in SG rise 'disappointing', says industry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... better standard of living in 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 ...

SPAA applauds tax changes to excess contributions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... the policy will be settled following consultation with key stakeholders in the superannuation industry." The SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA) has lobbied the government to make this change, arguing that such contributions can attract ...