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Angel in the detail: Cooper's cost cutting measures

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... adopting 'auto-consolidation', Cooper said the average super fund can save up to 25 per cent in back-office costs. As for SMSFs, which are excluded from the super stream model, the Review is also looking at how to drive efficiencies there even though ...

Caution drives SMSFs to remain in cash: survey

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
More than half of self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees are not planning to change their cash allocation, according to a new survey, despite more than a third of respondents stating over half their assets are parked in the asset class. The Ubank survey ...

Multiport upgrades UMA service

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
Multiport has improved its unified managed account offer by upgrading its model portfolio management system - allowing SMSFs to use model portfolios alongside their direct investments on the same Multiport service. The move allows dealer groups to operate ...

Underinsurance to hit crisis point

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... higher cover than today while financial advisers could help recommend the right insurance for self-managed super funds (SMSFs), which don't benefit from group cover. The other alternative is to take out life insurance direct or through insurers, which ...

Vanguard ETFs reach $100m mark

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... 10 ETFs in the US tracking broad market indices. "In 2009, we saw strong demand from investors - in particular those with SMSFs - who used ETFs to create a core equity allocation within their portfolio. We expect this trend to continue in 2010," said ...

SPAA names award winners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... Award. Mason Cox was recognised for excellence in providing strategic advice concerning the establishment and winding-up of SMSFs for clients. Schaefer received the Chairman's award for her work with SPAA. Aside from her role as treasurer, Schaefer is ...

No cane toad approach to SMSF shake-up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
As the countdown begins to the release of the Cooper Review's recommendations on SMSFs, the Review's chair Jeremy Cooper said they won't be adopting a 'cane toad' solution to the industry's flaws. Speaking at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia ...

Coin upgrades SoA services

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... advisers to provide advice on a wider range of strategies than previously available, for both self managed super funds (SMSFs) and individual clients. These strategies include: non super and super; insurance; Centrelink and estate planning recommendations. ...

More SMSFs comply with ATO rules

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... pursue around 250 SMSF trustees that have ignored requests for their returns. Overall, D'Ascenzo said the vast majority of SMSFs remain compliant given there are around 416,000 SMSFs in existence and the ATO only made 99 SMSFs non-compliant in 2008-09 ...

AXA AP angles for bigger slice of Aus market

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
... where AXA APH could gain more ground is the plan to branch out into the post-retirement market and self managed super funds (SMSFs) at a time when the bulk of the baby boomers are retiring and the SMSF market continue to grow. According to Towers Watson ...