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Limited advice from accountants face hurdles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... license other specialist capabilities such as derivatives traders for example?" D'Aloisio's comments come after Andrea Slattery, chief executive at SPAA, outlined the association's most recent submission to the Cooper Review, which highlighted the possibility ...

Women on top of SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... actively save for their retirement - [SMSF] trustees meet this, and with a high women participation count," said Andrea Slattery, chief executive of the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia. However, when it comes to account ...

SMSFs turn to advisers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... consider investment property, with the 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 ...

Improving admin could stop fraudsters: SPAA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... to be refined to ensure fraudulent 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 ...

FPA and SPAA sign MOU

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009
... signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to work together on policy, professional development and education. Andrea Slattery, chief executive at SPAA, said the memorandum means both associations will collaborate on the development and implementation ...

SMSFs get "kick up the pants"

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... 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 the SMSF industry is on its last warning. "I thought the industry got a bit ...

SPAA awards industry's best

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... association's chair Graeme Colley said Power won the award for her work within SPAA at a local and national level. Andrea Slattery, SPAA chief executive, said Heighway was awarded the CEO Scholarship for her work within SPAA over the past five years ...

SPAA reloads for 2009

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... for the Henry Committee hearings and talking to them about the importance of SMSFs in the market," said Colley. Andrea Slattery, SPAA chief executive, said the association had developed new auditing standards, added some new education programs and is ...

SPAA membership rises 50 pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... professional advising, to some extent, in every superannuation fund by 2011 is certainly well on the way," he said. Andrea Slattery, SPAA chief executive, said self managed super fund (SMSF) specialists understand they need to act professionally and ...

Investor knowledge fuels SMSF growth

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... the market downturn, according to the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA). SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery, said the number of SMSFs established has remained constant between 2,500 to 3,000 funds each month. "The number of SMSFs ...