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ATO figures nail in coffin for SMSF critics: SPAA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
... self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees are using their funds responsibly, according to the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA). According to Australian Tax Office figures, in the 2011-12 financial year, SMSFs withdrew $22.3 billion in ...

Appleyard defends free SMSF service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... super fund [SMSF] service for every Australian." Yesterday Financial Standard reported that the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) had warned that organisations offering to set up SMSFs for free may be misleading potential clients, and ...

SPAA questions 'free lunch' SMSF service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
... (SMSF) start-up services may have hidden costs and catches, according the Graeme Colley of the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia. SPAA's criticism comes after news that Clever Super intends to launch its free SMSF service in mid-2014. When ...

Fears to FoFA amendments "overplayed": AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
... duty of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation will affect the quality of advice are "overplayed," the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) said. "Improving the best interest duty does help improve the access and the affordability to financial ...

New ATO powers to decrease SMSF 'delinquency'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
... ignore or breach their obligations on a regular basis." Andrea Slattery, chief executive of the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) agreed. "Under the current law, the system is far too inflexible - the ATO only has draconian penalties ...

FPA condemns FoFA fear mongers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has urged planners to "rise above the noise of tired, product-centric arguments" in the early days of the watered-down Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms. On 20 December 2013 Assistant Treasurer ...

Westpac trumpets infrastructure's 'annuity style' potential

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... These include those from Industry Super Australia, AMP Capital, Cbus, Maritime Super and the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia, as well as many from construction companies and academics. Industry Super Australia focused on "inverting the bidding ...

Key PIS and Asteron execs move to Millennium3

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... the Aon Hewitt Financial. Millenium3 chief executive Richard Klipin joined in November 2012 after heading up the Association of Financial Advisers since 2006. Visit FS Advice - The Australian Journal of Financial Planning website for key industry upd ...

SMSF borrowing under control, ATO figures suggest

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
... bubble are unfounded. Graeme Colley, director of technical and professional services at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA), said there was no evidence that SMSF use of LRBAs was "exponential or irresponsible". "What has to be understood ...

Government releases FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013
... to work with Government and Treasury for improvements in this area," FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) asked for additional clarification on the grandfathering provision and clear time frames for the a ...