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ASIC boosts Stronger Super education program

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... consult by the end of 2012 on a range of issues including guidance on disclosure requirements for MySuper, on self-managed super fund (SMSF) reforms and, where appropriate, on governance reforms and SuperStream changes. ASIC said it will amend existing ...

Govt targets early release schemes; defers SMSF transfer ban

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... statement. In other regulatory news, the government has deferred the proposed ban on off-market transfers between self-managed super funds (SMSF) and related parties where a market exists, until July 1, 2013. The SMSF Professionals Association of Australia ...

ASIC closes in on SMSF advice firms

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has obtained interim court orders against two Queensland-based self-managed superannuation advice companies, following concerns that the firms have misled investors about their investments. The corporate ...

NAB launches margin loan product for SMSFs

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... lets SMSF investors borrow money to invest in listed shares and unlisted managed funds. The product allows self managed super fund (SMSF) investors to borrow a minimum of $20,000 to purchase a single parcel of shares or units in a managed fund from the ...

Advisers optimistic on SMSFs despite changing skill set

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... revenue, despite cost of advice falling and the specialist skills required. The Vanguard/Investment Trends Self Managed Super Fund Planner Report showed despite total revenue from SMSFs falling from 24% in 2011 to 21%, advisers were still optimistic ...

BT flags wealth "land grab"

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... banks over the past 20 years, we think the growth in wealth will be to banks over the next 20.'' Cooper flagged self-managed super and the high net worth segment as a focus - the kind of clients currently being serviced by the practices BT Select will ...

My Adviser offers accountants licensing package

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
My Adviser group has launched a specialist authority licensee package to enable accountants to continue to provide advice on SMSFs and superannuation following the changes to the accountant exemption in the FOFA reforms. Currently, accountants can provide ...

Macquarie AS updates term deposit offering

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... time on delivering value through advice." The updates come as research from the April 2012 Investment Trends Self Managed Super Investor Report confirms that a third of SMSFs intend to invest in term deposits in the next 12 months (up from 27% in 2011) ...

Evolv launch new SMSF audit service

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... to launch Evolv, an SMSF audit service designed to make processes more efficient. Evolv is a new approach to self-managed super fund (SMSF) audits. The new web-based SMSF audit solution is designed to automate a large part of the audit process which ...

Trio fraud victims demand compensation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... paid by the government," he said. Telford rejected as disingenuous claims that because they were trustees of self-managed super funds (SMSF) who opted not to be prudentially regulated that they should not receive the same protections as fraud victims ...