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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 ...

AXA and Wealth.net split poses planner risk

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... on the impact of the merging of retail investment platforms when real competition will be driven by the industry funds, SMSFs and others if the takeover goes ahead. Given this different set of metrics, a combined NAB/AXA would hold 8.5 per cent market ...

Fixed income gains pace among SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
Planners are noticing an upward shift in SMSF investor sentiment towards fixed income investments, as attractive yields and increasing interest rates draw investor interest, new research shows. According to the latest Multiport SMSF Investment Trends ...

AR Group appoints CLS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... growing rapidly each year with 31 per cent ($332 billion assets) of all Australian superannuation assets invested through SMSFs. "This market represents an outstanding opportunity for advisers and accountants to extend and enhance their marketplace offer ...

Yellow Brick Road selects OneVue managed accounts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... Yellow Brick Road, headed by Wizard Home Loans founder Mark Bouris, plans to make a big mark in the self managed super funds (SMSFs) market by providing "advice on tap", signing a deal with managed account provider OneVue to help differentiate YBR from ...

Class Super accelerates member reports

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... Financial Systems upgraded its technology. Richard Barber, chief executive at Class Financial, said many groups managing SMSFs consistently cite the reporting facilities as poor, which is why the firm enhanced its online SMSF service, Class Super. "We ...