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SMSF advisers gear for referrals from accountants

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... accountants and two in five (40.4%) financial planners, while client referrals are viewed as the top source of new SMSF clients in the next three years, according to three quarters of both planners (73.5%) and accountants (76.7%). CoreData head of financial ...

Getting ideas across to SMSFs the first battle: AMP

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... that people have on it is limited." He said there is also the question of cost. Many boutique advisers and their SMSF clients are sceptical of the value of fees paid to managed funds, as well as being distrustful of monolithic organisations like AMP ...

WB Financial launches SMA service with Praemium

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... SMSF Administration Service that integrates directly with the adviser offices and administers the majority of our SMSF clients," Wilkinson said. Praemium is a provider of investment administration, SMAs and financial planning technology platforms. It ...

Accountants on look-out for SMSF-expert advisers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
... OneVue/Investment Trends 2013 SMSF Accountant Report found that over the past year, 28% of accountants preferred to refer their SMSF clients to a single, trusted financial adviser, rather than to multiple advisers. This was up from 22% in last year's ...

Advisers hitting SMSF service targets

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... services. This year's Cash Satisfaction Survey has revealed that advisers' self-evaluation for meeting the needs of SMSF clients had increased from 8.4 out of ten to 8.7 in 2013. The research also showed that advisers rated functionality of cash products ...

Platforms press on in advice battleground

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... all their business," Rainmaker said in a recent report. "A good example is advisers may work with directly invested SMSF clients, but still use platforms for their retail clients. So that the adviser is both 'on' and 'off' platform depending on the client." ...

Wealthtrac launches cloud-based SMSF platform

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... brings the administration and reporting functions together, creating significant efficiencies for advisers and their SMSF clients," Matthew Johnson, Wealthtrac managing director and chief executive said. The platform has a monthly fee of $140 and no ...

Macquarie launches SMSF Toolkit for advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... matters through technical materials. The new service provides a good practice section to help advisers engage future SMSF clients and a series of top 10 tips on how to set up, manage and wind up an SMSF. It offers materials such as templates and guides ...

SMSF's need life cover education

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... Mu, general manager of life insurance, AIA Australia. Nearly half (45%) of those surveyed said very few of their SMSF clients held life insurance within their do-it-yourself fund. AIA Australia said this could indicate that many SMSFs are missing out ...

ASIC closes in on SMSF advice firms

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... companies have raised approximately $4.75 million from more than 200 investors. Royale and Active were offering their SMSF clients' shares in companies based in the US and the British Virgin Islands, when the appropriate disclosure documents had not ...