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SPAA SMSF award winners announced

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia has announced the winners of its 2011 awards series at its national conference held in Sydney. The Chairman's award for most outstanding contribution by a member to SPAA and the SMSF ...

SMSFs focus on risk reduction: report

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA) and Russell Investments today launched the second annual SMSF report which revealed a focus among trustees on risk reduction and increased interest in SMSFs among a younger demographic. ...

ASIC brings criminal charges against SMSF adviser

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
A New South Wales SMSF adviser has appeared in court, charged with obtaining money by deception and of making a false or misleading statement to ASIC. The investigation into Craig Gerard Dangar relates to his time as an adviser at SMSF Consultants in ...

New data questions SMSF inflows

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... Andrew Baker, managing partner of Tria Investment Partners, identified a number of data trends emerging in the self-managed super fund (SMSF) space based on Australian Tax Office (ATO) data. Baker said facts about SMSFs are difficult to collate "mostly ...

Countplus subsidiary readies for acquisition

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... properties...the PEC Group is well positioned to grow in the long term and especially now that the fast growing self-managed super fund (SMSF) market can also own residential property in the aid of gearing," said the release. Barry Lambert, Countplus ...

Colley departs OnePath for SPAA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... at SMSF representative body SPAA. In his new role as director of education and professional standards at the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA), Colley will drive the development of the group's professional standards ...

Cutting super tax breaks unwise: SPAA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
The Self Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia has weighed into the industry debate on the Greens' call to raise the superannuation tax for high income earners. Green leader Bob Brown yesterday proposed a scaled tax on super contributions ...

Lloyd new Perpetual CEO, Ryan steps down

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... in-house international equities business, a move to US managers Wellington Management Company and the sale of its self-managed super fund administration business, smartsuper. The change in distribution focus, which Lloyd was managing in his former role ...

Macquarie partners with Class Super for SMSF offering

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
SMSF trustees and advisers will now have access to a new low cost investment offering of selected ASX-listed securities after a joint initiative by Macquarie Specialist Investments and Class Super. Available now, self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) ...

SMSFs shift focus to property

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
SMSF trustees are slowly embracing property investments for fund investment strategies after the passing of limited recourse borrowing rules, although cash still holds allocation majority. According to information released in the latest Multiport SMSF ...