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SPAA "disappointed" by the FSI's SMSF borrowing recommendations

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... the prohibition on direct borrowing for limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) by superannuation funds. Graeme Colley, SPAA director of technical and professional standards told Financial Standard that they were initially surprised that changes ...

SMSF court case highlights penalty uncertainties

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... on the case, SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) director of technical and professional standards Graeme Colley said: "I see this case as being quite serious because of the number of breaches and the length of time." He said that "trustees ...

Viable SMSF size underestimated

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... funds" said SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) director of technical and professional standards Graeme Colley. "In general, the ATO data tells us that SMSFs tend to have similar returns to APRA-regulated funds in up markets but don't ...

ATO figures nail in coffin for SMSF critics: SPAA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
... withdrew $22.3 billion in benefit payments. This compared to overall contributions of around $26 billion. SPAA's Graeme Colley said the majority of these payments - 72% - were account-based pensions. "In 2008, all pension payments totalled 64%. But by ...

SPAA questions 'free lunch' SMSF service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
Free self-managed super fund (SMSF) start-up services may have hidden costs and catches, according the Graeme Colley of the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia. SPAA's criticism comes after news that Clever Super intends to launch its free ...

SMSF borrowing under control, ATO figures suggest

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
... only tell the story up to September, they suggest fears that SMSFs are fuelling a house price bubble are unfounded. Graeme Colley, director of technical and professional services at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA), said there ...

75,000 SMSFs non-compliant: ATO

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... fund." The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA)'s director of technical and professional standards Graeme Colley said that most compliance breaches happen when trustees use the money in their SMSF to pay for personal loans or take the ...

Abbott sticks to his promise on SMSF regulation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... Standard. The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) director of Technical and Professional Standards Graeme Colley said that the role that SMSFs are playing in the current surge in residential property prices needs to be kept in perspective. ...

Breaking Australia's love affair with the lump sum

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... would object to any sort of cap being imposed: the ever-growing self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) sector. Graeme Colley of the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) said that while SMSFs tend to move towards income stream products ...

ECT relief should apply to non-concessional contributions: SPAA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... who breach their non-concessional cap are grossly inadequate." SPAA Director Technical and Professional Standards Graeme Colley said the 93% figure is reached by doubling the top rate of 46.5%. He said excess non-concessional contributions can be carried ...