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Super changes push SMSFs through planner doors

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
... trends, the survey showed planners performed a huge about face on platforms, with almost none feeling they didn't work for SMSFs, down from 40 per cent last year. Planners who gained clients through word of mouth also increased 73 per cent.

SMSFs and mergers drive Macq property fund growth

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
Macquarie Direct Property Fund (MDPF) today announced assets under management increased by almost 200 per cent over the past 12 months through a series of mergers and acquisitions that tipped in over $800m. The fund also experienced another successful ...

Macq banks on appetite for gearing into super

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2007
... past 12 months, advisers are now faced with the challenge of not only finding investments that are eligible for use within SMSFs, but also investments that will help to meet their clients' long-term investing goals," said Macquarie's Equity Markets Group's ...

ATO launches SMSF info service

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2007
... system and educational products. To assist with this, we have established two new industry work groups specifically for SMSFs. One is for SMSF Auditors and the other is for SMSF Administrators," said the ATO. Of most concern to the ATO, according to ...

SMSF property lending of high Calliva

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
... agreement. Funding for the loan is totally separate from the SMSF. Scully said the product answered growing demand from SMSFs to acquire property and/or free-up cash from existing property investments to make large contributions before the 30 June deadline ...

Share ownership down but trading activity up: ASX

... definitely seen people put more money in recent years...and a lot of them are topping up their self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and investing that in shares," said David Manchee, director at individually managed accounts (MA) provider Leyland Assets ...

Compliance pushes SMSFs in new direction

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
... paramount when talking to would-be SMSF trustees, said Slattery. "Just because you've got money doesn't mean you should be in SMSFs. You should be not only the correct profile, but your circumstances should require you to have it."

LIFT's SMSF gearing product on the up

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
... Capital. Jammal said SuperLIFT is different to regular leveraging arrangements because it is designed specifically to help SMSFs overcome many of the limitations of geared equity funds and installment warrants. "SuperLIFT is an open-ended facility allowing ...

Super tops $1 trillion as retail keeps winning inflows race

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2007
... funds attracted a dismal $3.4 billion. Both figures are unchanged from the year to end September 2006. Contributions to SMSFs were about $10 billion. Retail funds held the largest proportion of superannuation assets, accounting for 33 per cent of total ...

Super tops $1 trillion as retail keeps winning inflows race

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
... funds only attracted a dismal $3.4 billion. Both figures are unchanged from the year to end September 2006. Contributions to SMSFs were about $10 billion. Retail funds held the largest proportion of superannuation assets, accounting for 33 per cent of ...