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CGT relief passes Senate

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... make it easier to transfer retirement savings between Australia and New Zealand, and tighter requirements for self managed super fund auditors. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) welcomed the passage of the new rules. Australians ...

Super FUM up 13%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... growing sector, increasing 16.8% through the year. Leading public sector super funds increased 15.6%, while self managed super funds (SMSF) were up 13.1%. The broad retail super fund sector increased 9.7%, significantly ahead of corporate funds which ...

Understand borrowing laws warns ATO

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
Be careful when investing in property, the Australian Tax Office warned self managed super fund trustees yesterday. People might be using their DYI super fund to invest in property without actually understanding borrowing laws, said acting commissioner ...

Planners ignore EMs when advising clients

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... aware of the opportunities. If people are going to make their own investment decisions, especially through a self managed super fund, it is critical that the industry informs them of all the options, she said. Australian investors who responded to the ...

Investor cash obsession worries wealth creators

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... Investment Trends suggests that ongoing uncertainty is leaving investors fearful. According to the research house's Self Managed Super Funds Investor Intention Report, one-year capital return expectations may have risen since March 2012, but most trustees ...

Market anxiety shrouds SMSF appetite for equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
Self-managed super fund members' allocations to equities has not kept pace with the rise in value shown by the strong recent performance of the Australian share market, the Multiport SMSF Investment Patterns Survey for September shows. The survey covered ...

Super reforms hasten fund consolidation

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... superannuation funds by funds under management hold around 60% of all superannuation assets, excluding those held in self-managed super funds. "In the future we are going to see six or eight large funds with some smaller niche funds around the edges," ...

Litigation risk to force advisers into multi-asset options: Russell

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... products. Ian Bailey, chief executive officer at Super Funds, a wealth management business specialising in self-managed super funds, says that in his experience, investors are looking for more control over their investment portfolios rather than outsourced ...

Investors more satisfied with SMSF than pooled funds

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
Satisfaction with the self-managed super funds (SMSFs) remains considerably higher than that of retail and industry funds, according to the latest Roy Morgan Superannuation Satisfaction report shows. SMSFs can boast 64% satisfaction while industry funds ...

Kohler campaign slammed by ASFA

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
Save Our Super, a campaign backed by veteran financial commentator and owner of the Eureka Report Alan Kohler is poorly researched, and its alternatives underdeveloped, said an article published by the Association of Superannuation funds of Australia ...