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Asgard improves custody and corporate actions capacity

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
... platform. "Having shares on platform delivers superior visibility, allows advisers to fully participate in the growth of SMSFs and helps with managing compliance and keeping general affairs in order," continued Power. As part of the new facility, Asgard ...

ETFs hit trillion dollar milestone

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
... "In Australia, professional investors have increasingly mentioned their use of ETFs in their own Self Managed Super Funds (SMSFs)." Fuhr noted that efforts were underway to plug regulatory gaps "to allow fixed income ETFs to be listed and introduced ...

SMSFs carry underlying key person risk: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... commissioned by Finsia and prepared by the Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS) found significant operational risks in SMSFs. The report questioned whether SMSF trustees are capable of effectively managing the strategies when they enter retirement ...

Art lobby wins fight to keep SMSFs art-friendly

SPAA MEDIA STATEMENT  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... in a major victory for the art industry and self-managed super fund trustees, it said that it won't adopt the move to ban SMSFs from investing in 'collectables'. The leading industry body for self-managed super funds, SPAA said it welcomes the Government's ...

Charter Hall to launch industrial property fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
... investors, just as one of the fund's sister product, backed by 1 Martin Place in Sydney, was as much as 80 per cent owned by SMSFs. "SMSFs are looking for good quality investments with long term cash flows and they don't necessarily need to have liquidity ...

Olive branch for SMSF art investors

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
SMSFs' investments in exotic assets including art may be banned if the Cooper Review's recommendations go ahead - but one of the review's panelists, Meg Heffron, said art is still an option for investors, if they restructure their fund. Heffron, one ...

Count buys stakes in Victorian and NSW practices

PRESS RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... Wales. The practice provides accounting, investment and lending services and has expertise in self managed super funds (SMSFs), business structuring and succession planning. It has $50 million in funds under advice. Countplus bought the stake with $176,981 ...

Perkovic pushes for FirstWrap market share

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... also groups with accounting firm relationships. "We're working trying to be more accommodating to self managed super funds (SMSFs) so we added the direct equities capability in March," she said. Scott Durbin was promoted head of platform sales two weeks ...

Multiport buys AR Group stake

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... offer for accountants and a better solution for advisers who are partnering with accountants." AR Group administers over 700 SMSFs and also provides company secretarial services to around 4,000 companies across Australia. Bruce Coombes, founder and managing ...

Class Financial warns against poor SMSF admin

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... and pricey agreements. Class Financial is an admin solution that help businesses set up, administer and advise clients on SMSFs. It offers services to accounts, planning groups and specialist SMSF administrators. Late last year, it signed Perpetual and ...