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Beware greedy SMSF intermediaries

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... require the expertise of a professional adviser along with the help of an accountant and lawyers," he said. "A self-managed super fund is a very powerful way to deal with people's retirement savings but there is also lots that can go wrong. It's like ...

Mercer partners with superMate in SMSF market

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... cloud platform superMate to offer its clients a more efficient service to order actuarial certificates. The self managed super fund (SMSF) administration provider 'superMate' is designed to allow accountants, wealth managers and advisers who administer ...

SMSF members still happiest

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... returns, more fund members are satisfied with their industry fund's performance than are retail fund members but self managed super fund (SMSF) members continue to be the most satisfied. The results are reported in the latest Roy Morgan 'Superannuation ...

SelectingSuper 2012 awards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... offer. They range from the Workplace, Personal and Retirement Products of the Year in multiple categories, to Self Managed Super Fund Administrator of the Year, to Fund of the Year and a range of special achievements for funds and people that have impacted ...

Mortgage brokers told to target SMSFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
The exponential growth in self managed super funds is turning them into one of the most attractive sectors of the investment market, this time attracting the interest of mortgage brokers who are being told they should target the sector. Doug Lee, head ...

Investment managers pocket $6.2 billion in super fees

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... funds, with 29% of FUM, and which also have around 46% of total members, account for 56% of the total fees. Self managed super funds, with 33% of FUM and 8% of members draw the remaining 10%. This $20.1 billion figure includes group insurance commissions. ...

ASIC cancel advice firm's AFS licence

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
... Performance Financial Planning is a financial planning business that provides financial advice for clients with self-managed super funds or similar investments and income protection and life insurance policies. The Corporations Act allows ASIC to suspend ...

Next-gen platforms cater for wealth management renaissance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
... estimates that since the GFC, up to a third of platform assets in some segments have been transferred into self managed super funds (SMSF) - a shift that's regarded as structurally unsustainable. Rainmaker analysis reveals that while SMSFs increased ...

Core Data: Super members crave quality dialogue

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... intention, and also covers member length of membership and trust in the fund. The research also found that self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and corporate funds have the highest proportion of engaged members across sectors, while SMSFs and public sector ...

Self managed super a furfie

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... Sainsbury, managing director of AMP SMSF Investments, champions the importance of recognising that the concept of self-managed super can be a red herring, and that in reality SMSF trustees often find investing to be a solitary experience. Sainsbury said ...