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DIY funds tail the experts

The latest survey from specialist self-managed super fund (SMSF) admin provider Multiport show that SMSFs have returned 10.1 per cent in the year to September, marginally below the returns of a comparable super fund option, the Rainmaker/Selecting Super ...

Netwealth expands into SMSF servicing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2006
... netwealth group that will be lead by David Pascoe, a long time veteran and administrator of self managed superannuation funds. "SMSFs are an essential string in the bow for advisers. The aim of netwealth offering SMSFs is to strengthen the offering," ...

CPA gives guidance on SMSFs

... Peak accounting body CPA Australia has developed a set of guidelines to help members who are advising their clients about SMSFs. "Accountants are a major source of advice when it comes to SMSFs, so we need to ensure CPA Australia members are aware of ...

SMSFs are about control not speculation: IFSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2006
... per cent of all SMSF investors were 55 or younger. But the proportion is contracting as high net worth members switch to SMSFs as a better platform for operating their retirement assets. Surprisingly though, the survey also shows that SMSF investors ...

Multiport SMSF receives UK pension roll-over approval

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006
... roll-overs from UK pension funds to Australia may be taxed at 40 per cent plus penalties unless being rolled into a QROPS. "SMSFs had to be structured in a particular manner to satisfy the UK Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Scheme rules. And now ...

Magnitude opens up to private wealth

... segment. Wilson said that the aim of the practice is to create a mini family office catering for self-managed super funds (SMSFs), providing strategic advice and working closely with lawyers for estate planning. "The main investment vehicles used to ...

Super assets surge to $914 billion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2006
... rivals. Despite this, industry funds showed the fastest annual asset growth spiking 29 per cent, followed by retail and SMSFs both with 21 per cent annual growth. But the 18 per cent annual growth for public sector funds shows this segment is well and ...

Taxman fee for DIY funds trebles

... monitor and supervise the sector, which is growing at a rate of 30,000 new funds per year. On last count, there are 317,000 SMSFs and together they hold more than one-fifth of the country's total superannuation assets. Phil La Greca, SMSF specialist ...

SMSFs most flexible option post Budget: Mariner

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2006
Mariner Financial believes that recent Budget changes mean the most flexible way individuals can top up their super over time is through a self-managed super fund (SMSF). Because of the newly introduced cap on undeducted contributions of $150,000 per ...

Keating and Sen Chapman to launch AFA conference

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
... of financial planning. There will also be a major focus on building the right charging structure for a advisory practice, SMSFs post the 2006 Federal Budget, how to build a successfull practice, and how to manage and understand underwriting. The conference ...