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Supercorp software adds 2,000 users

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
Supercorp Technology's self managed super fund (SMSF) administration software is being used to process more than 2,000 SMSFs just four months after the solution was launched. The firm's software, superMate, was launched in October last year as the next ...

Women on top of SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
SMSFs are meeting two of the Government's top goals in super - getting more members to take an active role in their retirement savings and getting more women involved, argue industry experts. Product providers new to the industry should understand the ...

APRA targets illegal early release on super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... trustees vulnerable to the practice. In the letter, APRA specifically targets IER involving transfers and rollovers into SMSFs, and outlined several steps to minimise chances of fraud occurring. First up is a proof of identity check for fund members ...

The audacity of Mark Bouris and Ray Miles

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... client is the beneficial owner of the underlying investments and the platform can support super fund structures such as SMSFs, according to the proposal paper. The concept is not new. OneVue, Powerwrap, Centric Wealth and AMP are among the firms that ...

SMSFs buy more Aussie shares

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... December 2008. Meanwhile cash holdings have dropped 6 per cent since June. It is a sharp contrast to the massive jump in SMSFs' cash holdings from 12 to 29 per cent in the last two years, as uncertainty hit the market following the GFC. The average contribution ...

AFS to launch SMSF admin service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... another that presents a range of additional options for sophisticated clients. "As a practitioner, you may know nothing about SMSFs but you can simply go to this website that presents a shopping trolley of all the things that you need depending upon ...

Planners locked out of SMSFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
A fee for service model for SMSFs could result in a segment of financial planners locked out of the fastest growing superannuation sector. The Cooper Review's Phase Three - Issues Paper raises the financial planning remuneration issue and questions ...

SMAs to turbocharge SMSFs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
The Cooper Review highlights separately managed accounts (SMAs) as an appealing platform for SMSFs, and has challenged the industry to come up with fresh answers on how SMAs can be adopted widely. The issues paper released yesterday highlighted the ...

Cooper Review calls for SMSF structure overhaul

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... it deals with illegal early release schemes, the credentials of accountants and financial planners that offer advice to SMSFs and whether certain financial assets currently allowed should be banned. The Issues Paper on the structure of super funds, including ...

Universal model tough to execute

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... with no choices needed to be made by the member, noted the report. With the other sections of the model centered around SMSFs, choice and disconnected members, the idea is to place members at the heart of super. However, Andrew Barr, Australian Institute ...