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Female SMSF trustees narrow gender gap

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... the tax office that reveal 46% of SMSF trustees are female, compared with 34 % of APRA regulated funds, the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) said more needs to be done by industry and government to help women plan ...

Issues beyond the FOFA horizon

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
The Parliamentary Joint Committee submissions continue at a rapid pace with the Government receiving opinions both for and against the FOFA reforms package, yet a recent industry panel session looked at the issues facing the advice industry beyond FOFA ...

SMSFs dominating super assets

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
... at twice the rate of total super industry assets in the past five years to June 30 2010. According to the "Self Managed Super Funds: a Statistical Overview" report, the overall growth in Self-Managed Super Fund (SMSF) is down to a rise in the number ...

Industry welcomes Shorten's promotion

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
... given how important the issue is to the financial future of all Australians," said AFA boss Richard Klipin. The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) also welcomed Shorten's re-appointment to the Financial Services and ...

New Count chief talks products

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... planning firm of focus for CBA, Lane agreed that part of the firm's appeal was its access to the $450 billion self-managed super fund (SMSF) market. "The advisers who have the greatest access to this market are accountants. It is a market that is growing ...

SMSF sector tackling misconceptions

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... auditors and sector growth impacting on the entire super industry. Peter Burgess, technical director for the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA), told Financial Standard that while there are several major misconceptions ...

MasterKey Custom upgrades to MLC Wrap

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... Wrap's features and benefits with MLC Wrap incorporating MasterKey Custom's portfolio management tools and self-managed super fund (SMSF) offer with MLC's Navigator technology and Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs). Other features now available to MasterKey ...

Super industry responds to MYEFO

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... decision to allow the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to auto-assess the entitlement of low-income earners. The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) echoed similar sentiments at the suspended indexation of the annual ...

RaboDirect launches Online SMSF

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... boasts freedom of choice for trustees and compliance assistance. In a bid to bring more transparency to the self-managed super fund (SMSF) market, RaboDirect has created Online SMSF which is said does not lock investors into bundled fee packages or remuneration ...

Actuarial certificate delivery speeds up

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
Supercorp's self managed superannuation fund software superMate has teamed up with Bendzulla Actuarial to significantly speed up the delivery of actuarial certificates online. The new streamlined process for ordering certificates, which relate to exempt ...