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Abbott's PPL scheme to cost retirees $1.6 billion in hidden tax

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
Superannuants and lower-income shareholders could be coughing up $1.6 billion towards the Coalition's paid parental leave (PPL) scheme, it has emerged. The Coalition has said it will, in part, pay for the PPL through a 1.5% levy on business earnings ...

Wealthtrac steps up SMSF campaign

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
Platform provider Wealthtrac has appointed a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) sales specialist to develop its business in the potentially lucrative, but hard-to-access DIY super market. As business development manager - SMSF, James Macken will ...

Direct investment option key to retain fund members

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... (DIO) within a superannuation fund could be the key to retaining members and discouraging them from moving to self-managed super funds (SMSF). A CoreData Member Retention report found that a DIO within the super fund can work as a retention tool, with ...

Hybrids must better convey risk: ASIC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is cracking down on the misleading marketing of hybrid securities. ASIC has criticised what it terms "misleading labelling" and "unwarranted comparison" of hybrids to less risky products such ...

OneVue confirms Computershare Fund Service takeover

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
... OneVue, which specialises in online investment management and administration solutions for the financial advice, self-managed super fund, self-directed and unit registry sectors, will oversee the transition over the next few months. "OneVue is in the ...

FIIG targets SMSFs with low-limit corporate bond

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
Fixed income broker FIIG Securities has cut the lower corporate bond investment limit to $10,000 in a move to attract more investment from the self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) sector. FIIG had previously put the limit at $50,000, which was itself ...

SMSF contributions down 25%, AMP survey finds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
Self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) contributions fell by $12,300 the 2012-13 financial year, according to the Multiport SMSF Investment Patterns Survey June 2013. Multiport, an SMSF administrator and subsidiary of AMP, surveyed 1,950 of its client ...

Cash love affair continues despite falling rates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
Investors are allocating increasing amounts to cash despite falling interest rates, according to research by Investment Trends. Over the past 12 months cash deposits, including term deposits (TDs), have grown by 7%, reaching a total of $1.8 trillion. ...

BGL releases cloud-based SMSF software

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
BGL's new self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) administration solution, Simple Fund 360, has been released to 30 of the technology provider's clients. BGL managing director Ron Lesh described the new software as the first real cloud solution available ...

Accountants ready to access HUB24 platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... Interprac is a long term partner of the NTAA and provides business solutions for almost 9,000 accounting firms on self-managed super funds (SMSF) administration, finance broking, financial planning and services for the establishment of companies, trusts ...