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Investor cash obsession worries wealth creators

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... Trends suggests that ongoing uncertainty is leaving investors fearful. According to the research house's Self Managed Super Funds Investor Intention Report, one-year capital return expectations may have risen since March 2012, but most trustees are still ...

Mortgage brokers told to target SMSFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
The exponential growth in self managed super funds is turning them into one of the most attractive sectors of the investment market, this time attracting the interest of mortgage brokers who are being told they should target the sector. Doug Lee, head ...

Investment managers pocket $6.2 billion in super fees

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... with 29% of FUM, and which also have around 46% of total members, account for 56% of the total fees. Self managed super funds, with 33% of FUM and 8% of members draw the remaining 10%. This $20.1 billion figure includes group insurance commissions. The ...

Next-gen platforms cater for wealth management renaissance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
... estimates that since the GFC, up to a third of platform assets in some segments have been transferred into self managed super funds (SMSF) - a shift that's regarded as structurally unsustainable. Rainmaker analysis reveals that while SMSFs increased ...

SMSF contributions up 15%

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
Contributions to self managed super funds were up 15% on the previous year, according to the most recent data from the Australian Tax Office (ATO), which releases contributions figures annually, with a one year lag. Australians contributed $24 billion ...

AMP Capital chases Asian growth

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... years and preferably rolling five years," said Dunn. AMP is also looking to expand its offerings to the self managed super funds market in Australia, on the back of its acquisition of Adelaide-based SMSF administrator Cavendish. However, AMP group chief ...

Discretion strictly case-by-case in new SMSF audit scheme

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... that the requirements under the new scheme were reflective of the "gatekeeper" role held by auditors of self managed super funds, and were reasonable. "We consider self managed super fund auditors to be gatekeepers and we don't want a situation where ...

Financial Simplicity boosts managed accounts offering

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... Self-Invested Personal Pensions. "In Australia, this functionality is also required for family trusts and self managed super funds," said Enda Mahoney, chief operating officer at Financial Simplicity. "For family trust it's about the financial planner ...

Super FUM hits $1.4 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... billion. Retail funds, including superannuation platforms and legacy retail, grew only 0.6% to $372 billion. Self managed super funds (SMSF) grew 3.7% to $484 billion and are well on their way to breaking through the half trillion dollar barrier. Corporate ...

SPAA brands SuperStream costs illogical

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
The Self Managed Super Funds Professional Association of Australia (SPAA) has dismissed calls by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) for self managed super fund members to make significant contributions towards the SuperStream ...