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Supercorp set to launch superMate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... both accumulation and pension products. The program took off quickly, and has become the software of choice for over 60,000 SMSFs across Australia, noted the statement. Managing director for boutique self managed superannuation administration and consulting ...

SMSFs snap up blue chip shares

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
... per cent versus 12 per cent two years ago. Dividend yield and below or at value stock prices number among the reasons why SMSFs are favouring blue chips now. And this trend is set to stay at least for the next year, said Johnston. There will still be ...

Platforms bounce back 7.9 pc

... robustness of the platform sector, self-managed super funds remain their biggest threat - and opportunity - with a net new 28,000 SMSFs being established in the past year. Rainmaker Group is the publisher of Financial Standard.

BT ramps up SMSF offering

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... include more SMSF-centric functionalities. Craig Lawrenson, national manager BT Wrap Product and Strategy, said the growth of SMSFs present an enormous opportunity for the financial planning industry, however platforms needed to cater to the specific ...

Cavendish launches adviser portal

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
... feedback from financial advisers over time to further improve the system. Cavendish Superannuation administers more than 5,000 SMSFs.

Capital protection should be core to satellite

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
... returns if used together with a tailor-made capital protection strategy, said an asset design consultant for planners and SMSFs. Tony Rumble, founder of Alpha Structured Investments, designed financial products with capital protection in 2005, a time ...

SMSFs miss Asian equities boom

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
... difficult by their own nature - due to currency risk and volatility," he said. Investors, particularly those with lower value SMSFs, tend to directly invest and as such prefer the ease and accessibility of the local equities market. However, SMSF investors ...

SMSFs targeted in $428k swindle

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... non-parole period of two and a half years. White was a director at PFS Business Development Group, a company that set up SMSFs for clients. During the process of setting up an account, which he strongly encouraged, clients signed a form that included ...

FPA and SPAA sign MOU

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009
... important to share knowledge, skills and ideas where they meet the needs of both memberships," said Bloch. "Many FPA members use SMSFs as effective superannuation structures for clients and will benefit from the MOU." Both associations have mutually ...

ASIC cracks down on MIS scammer

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
... raised approximately $7.9 million from over 200 investors through these companies. These investors included members of 26 SMSFs which ASIC alleged had been set up with the assistance of Lovell and Life Super. "ASIC commenced its proceeding in the Supreme ...