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Former wealth group chief joins Macrovue

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
... role. "Sid and his team have done an incredible job in rapidly growing Macrovue in our three key target markets of SMSF trustees, retail investors, and financial advisers," Macrovue chair Brendan Foley said. "We are embarking on an exciting growth phase ...

ATO to advance early release of super: O'Dwyer

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
... applicant will receive an authorisation notice when requesting the early release of super benefits on compassionate grounds. Trustees would then need to independently verify the notice and amount to be released with the regulator. By having the ATO directly ...

O'Dwyer names CIPR advisory group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... scope of a retirement covenant in the Superannuation Industry Supervision Act 1993. O'Dwyer said this would require super trustees to design and offer appropriate solutions to members. O'Dwyer said: "The members of the advisory group bring together substantial ...

SMFSA voices support for AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... Family Business Minister Craig Laundy said in a joint statement. SMSFA chief executive John Maroney said SMSF members and trustees will now have access to a dispute-settling mechanism that will enhance their ability to deal with large institutions. "This ...

Crypto hype drives new partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... response to growing investor demand for digital currencies, saying the administrator has been inundated with inquiries from trustees. "Our role as SMSF compliance specialists isn't to give advice to self-directed investors on whether this is the right ...

SuperConcepts acquires SMSF administrator

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
... will bring and leveraging competencies to offer a truly unrivalled business value proposition to SMSF intermediaries and trustees," Fenech said. "MORE Super is a high-quality business, with an excellent track record of delivery and strong international ...

Defensive bias hurting SMSF performance: Research

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
... allocations to equities are likely to underperform by an even wider margin. This highlights how important it is for SMSF trustees to actively review their investment strategies and not focus on only perceived tax advantages," SuperGuard 360 said. The ...

Australia's super assets fastest growing: WTW

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
... improving position of pension assets as a proportion of GDP and the evolution of pension fund governance, which has risen up trustees' agendas and is certainly a lot stronger as a result," he said. About 87% of Australia's pension market operates under ...

Robo-advice provider inks deal with Class

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
... Heffron has always tried to do in bringing high-quality services and great technology to SMSF advisers, accountants, and trustees rather than these things always being the exclusive domain of large funds. "Six Park is part of a new breed of advisers ...

Topdocs enhances platform with extended partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... companies and have them instantly integrated with BGL's CAS 360 compliance software. This can be done for SMSF corporate trustees as well as the establishment of discretionary or unit trusts. "CAS 360 is leading the way in corporate compliance efficiency ...