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Showing 101 - 110 of 144 results for "SMSF Professionals"

Flexibility not returns, drive SMSFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... of 279 respondents, was conducted by Rice Warner Actuaries (RWA), sponsored by Vanguard and supported by the SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA). Michael Rice, managing director of RWA, said 95% of SMSF trustee cited investment control ...

Understand borrowing laws warns ATO

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... under the law." It's up to trustees to make sure that their borrowing is ok by the law, he said. Yesterday the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) sent out a fact-sheet highlighting the risks trustees face when entering into a limited ...

Market anxiety shrouds SMSF appetite for equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... risk assets because professionals recognise the true value there." Peter Burgess, technical director at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) agrees that the global financial crisis has conspired to make investors far more reluctant ...

Beware greedy SMSF intermediaries

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... client; inexperience and high levels of complexity are a dangerous combination." Graham Colley, director of SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) says that the volume of work has been stable for five years now with around 2,500 SMSFs set ...

Macquarie launches SMSF tool

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... Black Book app and The SMSF Generations Report earlier this year. Colley said advisers, accountants and other SMSF professionals are increasingly seeking more insights and information on SMSFs as the industry continues to grow. "With tools such as the ...

Super concession cuts ignite SMSF debate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... should be well targeted and directed to those with lower balances." Andrea Slattery, chief executive of the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) however, argues that the concept that SMSFs are targeted specifically for tax concessional ...

Gen Y leans away from SMSF cash holdings

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... balances. That's one of the findings of The SMSF Generations Report released today by Macquarie Bank and the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA). The report finds significant differences in attitudes between various generations of SMSF ...

Govt targets early release schemes; defers SMSF transfer ban

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... between self-managed super funds (SMSF) and related parties where a market exists, until July 1, 2013. The SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA) said it understands the Government's intention was to enforce a ban on these transactions by ...

Highly educated SMSF investors prime fraud targets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... "alarming number" of fraudulent operations were based in South-East Asia. While Graeme Colley, director of the SMSF professionals' Association of Australia said the report was "plain commonsense," he referred to the cost of the Trio scam and said investors ...

New accountants' licence hailed as win for affordable advice

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... industry competition - by evening up the disjointed playing field that is part of the current regime." The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) commented on Minister for Financial Services Bill Shorten's estimates that the new rules could ...