Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 1251 - 1260 of 2559 results for "SMSF"

Government acts on income streams review

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2016
Going some way to form the federal government's superannuation budget agenda last night was Treasury's release of the Retirement Income Streams Review. Based on the review's seven recommendations the government has decided to remove tax barriers to ...

Libertas launches licensing to attract SMSF specialists

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
Libertas Financial Planning has launched an accountants' licensing package in the hope of attracting experienced SMSF accounting specialists to the network. The package includes customised software that will guide the adviser through the compliance ...

AMP Capital partners with BetaShares for managed ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... Global Property Securities Fund and the AMP Capital Global Infrastructure Securities Fund; they are primarily targeted at SMSF investors. BetaShares managing director Alex Vynokur commented on the partnership, saying: "This alliance is the natural step ...

Sunsuper offering pension bonuses

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
Sunsuper is following an initiative to offer member bonuses for transitioning retirement savings to an income account as part of a wider retaining strategy. The $34 billion fund's new pension product will include a bonus of up to $2,400 for eligible ...

SMSF Association implores Govt not to reduce contribution caps

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... older workers to make voluntary "catch-up payments" is critical to building adequate retirement savings, according to the SMSF Association. In a report developed jointly with Rice Warner and BGL Corporate Solutions, the SMSF Association highlights the ...

Fiducian targeting SMAs

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... planning system. "Our focus now turns to ensuring capability to service the SMA market and facilitate faster turnaround of SMSF accounting engagements," Dunne said. "There is a big market out there for SMAs being set up by IFAs, and the FASTrack system ...

RARE Infrastructure joins mFund

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... investment managers and 18 access points across a range of ASX brokers and their distribution customers, allowing investors and SMSF trustees to access the service.

SMSFA collaborates for education program

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
The SMSF Association has partnered with the University of Adelaide to offer SMSF specialists across a range or professional disciplines an SMSF graduate certificate. The course will offer four subjects: SMSF best practice, understanding SMSF trustees ...

More numerate less likely to open SMSF

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... from new self-managed superannuation fund research is showing people with higher numeracy skills are less likely to be an SMSF member. That said, the research also shows SMSF members are highly knowledgeable about running their own super fund, and the ...

Volatility driving SMSF diversification

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
A growing number of self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees are looking for greater diversification options in a bid to escape market volatility and reduce their exposure to the Australian share market, according to new research by AMP Capital. ...