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Trio investor secures damages from adviser

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... trustees and self managed super fund investors potentially have other options in the advent of theft or fraud," said Peter Burgess, technical director, SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia Limited (SPAA). "What we've seen in the press is one ...

SMSF sector tackling misconceptions

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... shaping this sector for 2012, with borrowing, auditors and sector growth impacting on the entire super industry. Peter Burgess, technical director for the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA), told Financial Standard ...

SPAA rallies against off-market trading ban

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... listed shares. However, Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) technical director Peter Burgess said there was no hard evidence of that. "We're disappointed that the SMSF sector has been singled out and certainly in our ...

SMSFs given leeway on property assets

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... implications on the way assets could be acquired and the number of borrowing arrangements that needed to be in place," said Peter Burgess, national technical director, SPAA. "This made it very difficult for SMSF trustees and advisers to use the limited ...

SMSFs could use email for SuperStream

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) State Technical Conference this week, Peter Burgess, SPAA technical director, said the mandated data standards for rollover and employer contributions were intended to apply to ...

SMSFs can use tax rule to save thousands conference told

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... assets where sold after the member has died to pay out death benefits where there is no reversionary beneficiary. Peter Burgess, technical director of SPAA, said there were ways to mitigate the capital gains tax sting. Contrary to widely held fears that ...

SMSF body moves against super death tax

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... on the recent draft tax ruling affecting self-managed super funds that some have called a death tax by stealth. Peter Burgess, technical director of the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association (SPAA), said the draft ruling had taken people ...

SMSFs may be banned from buying shares off-market

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... of the consultative group. The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) opposes it. Peter Burgess, technical director of SPAA, said the best practice guidelines were a better way to go, and that his organisation had suggested ...

SPAA warns on year-end pitfalls

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... to ensure their contribution eligibility is correctly assessed and to avoid excess contribution penalties," said Peter Burgess, national technical director, SPAA. Investors can make contributions of $150,000 a year or bring forward two years of contributions ...

Burned investors drink bitter cup: ASIC

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... dispute resolution scheme. It found investors were reluctant to commence legal action to recover their monetary loss. Peter Burgess, technical director of the Self Managed Super Fund Professional's Association (SPAA), has previously said court action ...