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Super's objective needs to get personal

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... objectives of adequate levels of retirement income, relieving pressure on the Aged Pension and increasing national savings. The SMSF Association has backed the FSI's recommendation and chief executive Andrea Slattery said enshrining the objective of ...

SMSFs turn to commercial property for income yield

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... (DOF)'s 50% acquisiton of 100 Skyring Terrace in Brisbane's Gasworks precinct for $93m, DOF fund manager Steven Bennett said SMSF investors are attracted to the fund because of its "strong income yield, high quality assets, capital value growth, investment ...

Colley resigns from SMSF Association

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
The SMSF Association announced today that key industry figure Graeme Colley has resigned from his position as director of technical and professional standards. SMSF Association chief executive and managing director Andrea Slattery said Colley has been ...

Accountants should beware AFSL traps

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
Accountants should be careful in choosing the right licensee if they want to continue providing SMSF advice from July 1, according to Connect Financial Service Brokers chief executive Paul Tynan. Tynan noted that existing business models and succession ...

HSBC joins mFund service

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
HSBC's online share trading platform has joined the Australian Securities Exchange's (ASX) mFund settlement service. The ASX said today's announcement brings the number of mFund distribution partners to 18, and there are now 22 mFund issuers or responsible ...

Trio Capital compensation complete

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
The Government will not provide further compensation to two groups of SMSF investors affected by the collapsed Trio Capital. In a statement the government said that the two investor groups, made up of Self Managed Super Fund (SMSF) trustees, were not ...

AMP and Topdocs partner for SMSF service

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
AMP has partnered with legal document provider Topdocs to provide SMSF documentation services through its SuperConcepts SMSF business. The service will allow SMSF advisers to generate documentation based on the fund data available on SuperConcepts' ...

Advice firm made to take specialist SMSF training

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
ASIC has requested all advisers in an SMSF advice firm complete specialist training following an investigation. CMH Financial Group was found to have provided advice that, in the regulator's view, "did not demonstrate that the advice provider had acted ...

SMSFA calls for concessional caps flexibility

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
The SMSF Association has called for changes to concessional caps to allow Australians to carry forward unused concessional contribution cap amounts and contribute to their superannuation when their circumstances allow. In its 2016 Budget submission ...

SMSFs winning over younger Australians

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... 55 as they approach retirement. People aged 24-35 represented 11.8% of new fund establishments, but only 3.4% of the total SMSF segment. SMSFs are also very popular among those aged 35-44. This cohort represents 30.2% of new establishments but only 11.3% ...