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ATO shifts gears on SMSF regos

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
Trustees will not be able to register an SMSF until there are assets in the fund under a new ATO system launched late last year. Two months ago, 30,000 SMSFs were reclassified as 'Registered - Status not determined', as part of an incentive to make ...

Untapped potential in salary sacrifice

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... willing to contribute extra. The consumer response stands in contrast to research last year by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia that found only 20 per cent of employees currently use salary sacrifice - leaving a pool of untapped money ...

FPA slams industry fund 'one track agenda'

ELISE BURGESS, ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... Financial Planning Association (FPA) has weighed in on the opt-in arguments advocated by sections of the trade union superannuation movement, calling the action "alarmist" and part of the industry funds "one track agenda". The FPA yesterday said that ...

Performance fees more popular: Morningstar

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... performance fee, then underperforming for the rest of the year. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), said, "The question is where performance fees will fit with the reform process," she said. ...

SMSFs to hedge more against longevity risk

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
Longevity is the largest risk faced by self-managed super fund trustees before they retire due to highly unpredictable markets, a longevity risk expert said. Andrew Robertson, head of longevity solutions, Macquarie, said that coupled with the fact that ...

SPAA to lift professional standards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
More than 1,100 delegates are in Brisbane this week to attend the annual Self Managed Super Fund Professional's Association (SPAA) conference, a record turnout that highlights the growing importance of SMSFs in financial services. In his keynote address ...

AE large cap lagging index: Morningstar

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... financial service providers to allocate investments for more than 1200 different products including unit trusts, superannuation funds and allocated pensions. Despite the overall sector battling poor market conditions, Morningstar rated eight strategies ...

Legalsuper employer contribs jump 15 pc

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... they attracted in 2009. The inflow momentum has seen them increase their contributions four per cent ahead of the superannuation industry, they said in a statement. The injection helped push their funds under management to $1.5 billion. Andrew Proebstl ...

J.P. Morgan wins $1.5bn custody mandate

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
J.P. Morgan Treasury & Securities Services (TSS) is the new custodian and administration provider of corporate super fund City Super. Bryan Gray, head of treasury & securities services sales and client management said the new $1.5 billion mandate further ...

Low contrib caps slam brakes on SMSFs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... their retirement, with new research showing that at least $15.1 billion of assets could have been added to the superannuation pool last year if the caps were less restrictive. Research by the SMSF Professional' Association of Australia Limited (SPAA) ...