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Victim access to super should be extended: Associations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2023
... Zealand, CPA Australia, the Financial Planning Association of Australia, the Institute of Public Accountants and the SMSF Association have said they support the policy proposal of allowing victims of child sexual abuse to access compensation by way of ...

Associations call for improved access to financial advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2023
... Institute of Public Accounts chief executive Andrew Conway, Licensee Leadership Forum chief executive Neil Younger, SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney, Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association chief executive Judith Fox, The Advisers ...

FPA, SMSFA launch specialist pathway

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023
... members who work in this area a cheaper and faster way to be recognised as SMSF Specialist Advisors," she said. SMSF Association deputy chief executive and director of policy and education Peter Burgess said CFPs doing the program will be able to attend ...

Vanguard veteran announces retirement

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022
... services some 12,000 Australian advisers. Outside of his Vanguard tenure, Bowerman served on the board of the SMSF Association, founded the FSC ETF working group and co-authored Wealth of Experience with Duffield. Vanguard Australia managing director ...

ASIC abandons $500k SMSF threshold

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
... threshold but said fund expenses are proportionality higher, and net returns lower, for lower balance funds. SMSF Association deputy chief executive Peter Burgess welcomed the news, he said: "It's a significant breakthrough for our sector to have that ...

Evidence of poor LRBA advice: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
... and, by extension, increase the risk of higher fiscal outlays through the Age Pension. Commenting on the report, SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney said: "In 2019, our response to the CFR was that an outright ban on LRBAs could be avoided ...

Super heads support capping retirement balances

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022
... fund executives formed a consensus, other industry leaders remain resolutely opposed to a cap on super balances. SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney said: "We do not and have never supported a cap on superannuation balances." "We did suggest ...

Government eyes crackdown on super tax concessions

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
... cost of high balance superannuation funds." Other voices emerging in this debate are more unexpected, like the SMSF Association, he said. "We will consult widely to inform a common, agreed objective for super. Australians need to have their say," Jones ...

Government scraps legacy tax, super measures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... recipient category for providers of pastoral care or wellbeing services in schools. On the annual audit requirements, SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney said: "It was a controversial measure that contained a range of complexities and concerns ...

Still work to do on QAR: Levy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
... Advisers chief executive Phil Anderson, Financial Planning Association of Australia chief executive Sarah Abood and SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney. So far, Levy said most of the feedback she's received has been positive. What she said ...