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SMSFs can use tax rule to save thousands conference told

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... rather than decrease death benefits, the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) State Technical Conference was told. SPAA has voiced its concern over draft ruling TR 2011/D3 that enables the taxing of income earned by ...

Regnan announces new manager director

LOREN RUGEBREGT  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
Environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) specialist Regnan has promoted former deputy managing director Amanda Wilson as the new managing director of the company. Regnan produces investment-ready ESG data on S&P/ASX200 companies, designed ...

JP Morgan appoints new head, casts eyes to Japan

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
JP Morgan Treasury & Security Services has promoted internally to source its new head of financial and market products for Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Stewart Cowan has had his previous role of leading the securities lending operation expanded ...

Snowball launches advice centre of excellence

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... as executive manager, Advisers Solutions; Patrick Bennett, Shadforth's head of research; and Frank Camileri, national technical manager from advice strategies support. Manion told Financial Standard this initiative would provide advice that is relevant ...

Aust fund managers passport to Japan

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... Commission (ASIC) preparing a detailed options paper to be discussed at an upcoming APEC summit which outline a range of technical details around the passport. "There is a move to conduct a pilot program, which will be decided in November by APEC, that ...

Mercer expands with global chief investment role

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
Mercer continues its global expansion, creating the new role of global chief investment officer of mainstream assets to support its building $44 billion investment management business. Russell Clarke, Mercer's current chief investment officer for Asia ...

State Super CEO heads to Schroders

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... management is a people business and our strategy has always been to hire those with a strong investment background and broad technical capability across all areas of the business," said Greg Cooper, chief executive officer, Schroders. Schroders has also ...

SMSF body moves against super death tax

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... 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 by surprise. ...

Real estate may cause super tax headache

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... until death benefits begin to be paid, he said. Cavendish will discuss the matter in the next round of free adviser technical seminars along with pension matters and the new collectables legislation, it said in a release. The seminars will be held on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... welcomed a major bi-partisan deal on tackling the public deficit drove Asia higher and set up Europe to build on Tuesday's technical rebound. A more positive lead from Germany on Thursday's crunch eurozone debt summit in Brussels also helped but the ...