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Insult me, insult you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... keep the very few ones remaining loyal to my scalp. And if not for its potential disastrous consequences on my superannuation, frankly, my dear, I wouldn't give a damn. There's a new twist in the tale of this ever so twisted Greek saga. In less than ...

SMSFs focus on risk reduction: report

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... reduction and increased interest in SMSFs among a younger demographic. The new report, 'Intimate with Self Managed Superannuation' was commissioned by Russell and SPAA and conducted by independent research group CoreData. It surveyed SMSF trustees, non-trustees ...

Disclosure regulations unnecessary: FIRSTSUPER

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
The superannuation disclosure debate and industry transparency was raised again yesterday after ASIC promised future guidance for super funds, meanwhile one super fund that already uses disclosure practices has called the actions "unnecessary". Peter ...

New MLC unit focuses on accountants servicing SMSFs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... licensing as a result of the FOFA reforms, although it pre-empts an announcement by Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten on the exact nature of what advice will be included in the streamlined licence proposed under FOFA Stage ...

ASIC brings criminal charges against SMSF adviser

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... SMSF Consultants in Sutherland, where he worked from January 2004 to September 2007. Dangar provided technical superannuation advice to trustees of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) as well as compliance advice to other accounting firms. ASIC ...

ASIC to take hard line on deliberately misleading ads

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... advice, can create unrealistic expectations that lead to poor financial decisions," Kell told an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) lunch in Sydney. Kell said the commission had already succeeded in removing some of the "bad apples ...

Contrib caps improve super social equity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
Tightening superannuation contribution caps over the past five years have significantly improved superannuation's social equity, claims a new research report from peak superannuation interest group ASFA. The report, the latest superannuation industry ...

Rainmaker appoints new head of technical services

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... of technical services. With over 19 years experience in the financial services industry as a technical taxation, superannuation and social security expert, university lecturer and financial planner, Proctor will head up Financial Standard's CPD Program. ...

Super tax subsidies don't favour the rich: Mercer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
Mercer has released a research paper that dismisses claims retirement income funding through superannuation tax concessions favours the wealthy. The paper 'Tax, Super & the Age pension" reported that the total cost of retirement funding per person in ...

New data questions SMSF inflows

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
New data indicates SMSF net inflows may be decelerating, both in terms of dollars and as a percentage of average assets, raising questions about whether the market has reached its peak. Andrew Baker, managing partner of Tria Investment Partners, identified ...