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More SMSFs comply with ATO rules

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... trustees that lodged their returns on time rose 11 per cent on the prior lodgement period. Speaking at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) Conference in Melbourne yesterday, D'Ascenzo said the timing of SMSF lodgements was a major ...

SMSFs turn to advisers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... popularity of the asset class falling 22 per cent to 42 per cent in a year. Andrea Slattery, chief executive at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA), said the demand for financial advisers specialising in SMSFs had risen significantly. ...

Improving admin could stop fraudsters: SPAA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... rollover schemes are detected and stopped, according to one industry body. Andrea Slattery, chief executive at the SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA), said while the superannuation administration system is robust, it could be improved ...

SMSFs miss Asian equities boom

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
... exposure to international equities. Ralf Zurbrugg, a professor at the University of Adelaide, revealed at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia conference earlier this year that while the average investor's default strategy allocated 23 per ...

ATO relays transitional rules concerns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
... the transitional provisions may not apply to their circumstances," he said. This warning comes after the last SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) conference where D'Ascenzo, said the tax office is targeting illegal early access to retirement ...

SMSF in-house asset rules and disclosure flawed

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... in-house asset rules but at the same time, require them to provide a detailed investment strategy. Speaking at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) conference in Adelaide, University of NSW law academic Gordon Cooper welcomed news ...

SMSFs get "kick up the pants"

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... at a roundtable following minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry's speech at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) conference on Friday, Andrea Slattery, SPAA chief executive, said she got the impression ...

SMSFs beat the market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... gross loss of 11.6 per cent and a net loss of 13.7 per cent between July 2007 and June 2008. Speaking at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) conference in Adelaide, he said SMSFs had performed "quite well" against the S&P/ASX100 and ...

ATO targets early access and in-house rules

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... compliance activities to ensure self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees don't break the law. Speaking at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) conference yesterday in Adelaide, ATO commissioner, Michael D'Ascenzo, said maintaining compliance ...

SPAA reloads for 2009

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... is also under review. Colley said SPAA is assessing how effective an online advertising campaign would be to SMSF professionals. "A key criticisms of the [previous] ad campaign was that it didn't receive wide enough publicity so we're looking at doing ...