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SMSFs cash deposits reflect volatility

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
SMSFs trustees are hesitant investors with too much focus on cash deposits, moving $40 billion into cash products since 2009, according to a report from Vanguard and Investment Trends. This 'wall of cash', as the report calls it, has developed over ...

Cloud software brings pay-per-audit revolution

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... license fees by paying per audit. Financial services software provider Sage HandiSoft has created an audit application for SMSFs that is accessed online and stored in the cloud. Auditflow SMSF enables auditors to pay per audit rather than for a license. ...

Help for advisers with super death tax impact on SMSFs

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
Self-managed super fund trustees and financial advisors can participate in a webinar tomorrow on how to minimise the impact of the new "super death tax" draft ruling with anti-detriment law. Draft ruling TR 2011/D3, if enacted, will apply retrospectively ...

SMSFs exposed in related party transactions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... Superannuation for Townsends Business and Corporate Lawyers, said there had been renewed interest in super fund borrowing as SMSFs become more sophisticated. This can give rise to related-party transactions. For example, a member of a self-managed super ...

SMSFs could use email for SuperStream

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... SPAA technical director, said the mandated data standards for rollover and employer contributions were intended to apply to SMSFs. He said a longer transition period and support measures may be needed for self-administered SMSFs to adopt and conform ...

SMSFs can use tax rule to save thousands conference told

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... payable from the sale of assets with the ends result being a higher death benefit. The ruling now means that in many cases SMSFs have a large amount of assessable income in the year of death and can potentially make full use of the anti-detriment benefits ...

superMate upgrades for SMSFs and advisers

LOREN RUGEBREGT  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... super fund (SMSF) Australian equity holdings. "We believe that accountants and advisers who are involved in administering SMSFs with actively traded share portfolios, will experience time and cost savings of around 30% by automatically getting the right ...

Planners urged to commit to the cloud

LOREN RUGEBREGT  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... cloud computing, he added. "It's cost saving to the adviser or accountant particularly because what they tend to do with SMSFs is there's usually a lot of time spent either gathering info about the fund and its investments which often requires re-keying ...

SMSFs stockpiling cash, weighted to banks

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... June reflecting a cautious attitude to the stockmarket among trustees, a new survey has said. Cash holdings for the 1600 SMSFs administered by self-managed super administration provider Multiport have grown by 1% and fixed interest investments have increased ...

Super software given extra accounting grunt

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... Super to simplify and automate many manual and routine tasks that affect those establishing, administrating and advising SMSFs. Russell Evans, President of Wolters Kluwer, said given the complexity of the superannuation industry they were very excited ...