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Uni to offer SMSF degree

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... so there's no need for us to develop it internally." Slattery said she was not surprised with the minister for superannuation and corporate law, Nick Sherry's comments that trustees need to be better educated on their responsibilities. "We've had discussions ...

ASIC zones in on accountants pushing SMSFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... advice that's been received," she said. "Accountants cannot recommend a client switches their money out of another superannuation fund into a SMSF, it's a financial product and you need a license." According to DuPre, ASIC was not looking to withdraw ...

Striking a balance on SMSF direct property

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
A leading superannuation technical strategist delves deeper into how buying bricks-and-mortar can affect the savings of self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees as they approach retirement. The proportion of direct property in a SMSF must be continually ...

SPAA backs specialist audit

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
The Self Managed Super Fund (SMSF) Professionals Association of Australia is turning its attention to auditing practices, and will call on new legislation to recognise auditors accredited to work on SMSFs as specialist SMSF auditors. "We're applying ...

SMSFs on govt watch

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
... Self-Managed Super Fund (SMSF) Professional Association of Australia (SPAA) conference, Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law, said the government would be keeping a close eye on aggressive marketing campaigns targeting the sector. ...

Super trustee faces ASIC probe

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... involved in the operation of an unlicensed financial services business between 2006 and 2007 known as the 'F. Solofuti Superannuation Fund' which offered individuals early access to their superannuation. The fund was predominantly made up of members ...

Enron Part Two

A visiting US accounting academic has called for a re-design of auditing practices to avoid public company frauds of Enron scale to happen again, in the wake of the sub-prime led market crisis. Professor Ira Solomon, from the University of Illinois ...

Regulators fight breaches online

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... required to be reported. It also reduces duplication faced by institutions regulated by both APRA and ASIC. The superannuation industry is already using an online system to report breaches to APRA. The new system will allow APRA-regulated institutions ...

Don Russell joins State Super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
... Bank, Bankers Trust and Westpac Bank. "The government is on track to achieving its target of fully funding its superannuation scheme by 2030 and part of Russell's work will involve steps to achieving this goal," said Michael Costa, NSW treasurer. State ...

Household wealth breaks through $5 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
... increased by 11.6 per cent in the year to June 2007. This wealth pool is more than four times the total value of superannuation. But super at $1.1 trillion compared to non-dwelling wealth totalling $1.7 trillion means super remains the predominant savings ...