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SMEs turning to advice, slowly

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... coverage, they are highly prone to using self-managed super funds with an estimated 50 per cent having a SMSF in place. SMSFs are their preferred superannuation structure because SME owners are primarily focused on independence rather than simply wealth ...

Budget tweak to SMSF rules

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... individual trustee is where the member is personally and directly the trustee of the SMSF. Miller said more than 80 per cent of SMSFs have individual trustees and this measure has only previously affected about 50 funds. That would change in the future ...

Budget 2011: CGT tax to restrict super trading

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
The government has moved to prevent superannuation funds, including SMSFs, from aggressively trading shares by making any resulting gains and losses subject to capital gains tax. The removal of the exception for super funds trading stocks, primarily ...

Vow to take on financial planners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... financial planning qualifications to offer a complete service in property transactions, where there is a large market among SMSFs. "There's huge demand now among property investors to use their self managed super to purchase investment property. They ...

New SMSF course on offer

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... development points to the course with successful graduates satisfying the ASIC RG146 compliance requirement in the area of SMSFs, Cavendish said. Cavendish & ICFS Specialist SMSF Course, jointly offered with the International Centre for Financial Services ...

Planners prime legal targets for angry clients

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... the legally complex area of self-managed funds. "There are too many people trying to capture everything," he said. "With SMSFs they are so complex you really need a team." Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers, said ...

Trustee fury prompts SMSF compo rethink

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... levy on SMSF funds to form a separate compensation pool was likely to be much more expensive. And not everyone agrees that SMSFs should join a compensation scheme. Michael Lorimer, chair of the Small Independent Superannuation Funds Association said ...

$55 million for Trio super fraud victims

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... $100 will pay for the compensation. Self-managed super fund (SMSF) investors will not be compensated. Minister Shorten said SMSFs don't have to comply with the same regulations as an APRA fund but also don't receive the same protection - so are not eligible ...

Cavendish, Super Concepts sign with SMARTwrap

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... Group. Cavendish currently has over $4.5 billion funds under administration while Super Concepts is managing more than 4200 SMSFs with over $4 billion in funds under administration.

Hands off collectables: SISFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... organisation has made a submission on the Government's draft legislation regarding collectables and personal use assets in SMSFs, and wants to see collectables left in the investment mix. The Government is seeking to introduce new rules on collectables ...