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SMSFs shift focus to property

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
SMSF trustees are slowly embracing property investments for fund investment strategies after the passing of limited recourse borrowing rules, although cash still holds allocation majority. According to information released in the latest Multiport SMSF ...

Female SMSF trustees narrow gender gap

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... after having a baby. Head of SPAA, Andrea Slattery said there are a number of reasons why the gender gap is narrower within SMSFs. "The gap in superannuation balances between men and women tends to be narrower within SMSFs as women are more engaged with ...

SMSFs dominating super assets

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
The peak body for SMSFs has welcomed the latest Australian Tax Office statistics which show SMSF assets have grown at twice the rate of total super industry assets in the past five years to June 30 2010. According to the "Self Managed Super Funds: a ...

Round two of Stronger Super revealed

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
... The bill deals with APRA's power to issue prudential standards in relation to superannuation, as well as governance for SMSFs. Details to note include that Trustees must carry out an annual check of their "scale", with scale defined as Assets and Members. ...

New Count chief talks products

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... unbelievable access to it." Like most of the wealth management industry, Lane said Count is trying to figure out the demands of SMSFs. "They tend to be more invested in direct equities and real estate and less in retail funds, so the question is how ...

Super assets take a hit in September

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... revealed that the number of funds in the SMSF space surpassed the number of (APRA regulated) super funds at over 450,000 SMSFs compared with 381,000.

SMSF sector tackling misconceptions

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
Common misconceptions about SMSFs and upcoming draft legislation are all playing a part in 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 ...

Accountants partner up with AXA and MLC to offer financial advice

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... Conway. Qualified members will be able to offer on advice in a number of areas including the establishment and closure of SMSFs, advice on assets, including direct property, held within SMSFs, advice on financial planning, life risk and credit advice ...

Shorten rallies the troop to vote in favour of SG hike

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... out, but said he was, "determined that the industry works together". "Because the industry exists in different forms, from SMSFs, to corporate, to public sector, to industry and to retail funds, the industry I have found in the last 13 months, spends ...

SMSF cloud solution launched

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... providers has been launched. Superfund Wholesale is an automated setup and administration service for self managed super funds (SMSFs) designed for use by financial planners, accountants and brokers. Completely cloud based, the Superfund Wholesale system ...