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Aging SMSF trustees revert to managed solutions

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... the burden falling to their spouse or partner in the event of their death. With nearly a million Australian's now running SMSFs, the sector is the fastest growing corner of the superannuation fund industry but with some 5.5 million baby boomers approaching ...

Super FUM up 13%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... funds that populate the much larger array of retail platforms and products offered by the sector. There are now 488,576 SMSFs, up almost 36,000 since September last year. Reflecting the dominance of workplace distribution, employer contributions made ...

Adviser retraining delivers in spades: BT

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... Englund that means getting advisers to focus on key areas where there is an obvious value-add to their clients. He cites SMSFs - many of which were established by accountants - as offering advisers great opportunity to capitalise on current regulatory ...

Retirement solution upside for investment managers: Oliver Wyman

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... investor risk aversion," Hook Explained. Equally concerning for investment managers, Hook added is the ongoing growth of SMSFs, and the shift of allocations to passives which he links to 'alpha disillusionment' - a trend he said has further to run. Given ...

FPA calls for greater scrutiny of fund managers

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... just 42.5% of members of retail super funds said they were satisfied. That compares to 48.9% for industry funds and 64% for SMSFs. While market conditions in those periods have been especially challenging for active stock pickers, De Gori says that it ...

Market anxiety shrouds SMSF appetite for equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... total of $1.5 billion in funds under management (FUM), or approximately 0.5% of the total superannuation market. It found SMSFs administered by Multiport hold 36% of their FUM in Australian equities, 8% in international equities, 18% in property, 11% ...

Investors more satisfied with SMSF than pooled funds

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
Satisfaction with the self-managed super funds (SMSFs) remains considerably higher than that of retail and industry funds, according to the latest Roy Morgan Superannuation Satisfaction report shows. SMSFs can boast 64% satisfaction while industry funds ...

Kohler campaign slammed by ASFA

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... is being sought. A focus of the Eureka Report is on paid subscriptions by trustees of self -managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) and by other retail investors," said Clare, in the article published on the ASFA website. "Given the ownership of the Eureka ...

Beware greedy SMSF intermediaries

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... back office SMSF service provider to accountants since 2005, catering to what it describes as a "surge in newly created SMSFs". In a note to journalists, advisers and other wealth professionals the company highlighted that accountants were "struggling ...

Mercer partners with superMate in SMSF market

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... (SMSF) administration provider 'superMate' is designed to allow accountants, wealth managers and advisers who administer SMSFs for trustees to obtain Mercer actuarial certificates from the latest release of the platform. David Anderson, managing director ...