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Gen Y can drive SMSF growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... among Generation Y clients. Research commissioned by the SMSF Association and nabtrade shows more than 60% of Gen Y SMSF trustees are challenged by understanding their roles and responsibilities in a self-managed superannuation fund. "They [Gen Y] are ...

SMSFs keeping cash for better markets

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... released jointly by Vanguard and Investment Trends yesterday. This year's report is based on a survey of about 4000 SMSF trustees and 501 financial advisers. Vanguard head of market strategy and communications, Robin Bowerman, said SMSF trustees currently ...

Advice firm pays penalty for misleading claims

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... administrators and advisers. "Making appropriate investment decisions is one of the most important responsibilities of SMSF trustees. ASIC is determined that SMSF trustees get accurate information and are not misled by advertising, including on websites ...

SMSFs gear up for advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
... non-trustees, according to research commissioned by nabtrade and the SMSF Association. The research says about 53% of SMSF trustees are more likely to be receiving financial advice than non-trustees (about 30%). Illustrating the value of financial advice ...

Sherwin principal faces court for SMSF fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... with 33 counts of dishonestly after causing detriment of nearly $10 million between May 2009 and December 2012 to SMSF trustees. Sherwin was also charged with one count of dishonestly breaching his duties as a director of Wickham Securities Limited between ...

Less than a fifth of SMSFs under advice

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... of self-managed super fund trustees use a financial adviser. Based on a survey of nearly 1000 AMP and AMP Capital SMSF trustees, the research also shows that more than half of respondents established SMSFs so as to have greater control over their investments. ...

Trillion dollar super industry attractive to organised criminals

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... individuals." The commission said allowing the Australian Tax Office (ATO) to address wrongdoing and non-compliance by SMSF trustees; capturing rollovers to SMSFs as a designated service under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing ...

FEATURE: Australia's other love affair

FINANCIAL STANDARD  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... residential property has been by far the most discussed route to the asset class and commentators have alerted potential SMSF trustees to the dangers of setting up an individual fund for the purposes of borrowing and investing in property. But there ...

SMSF trustees warned SuperStream deadline looms

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
The deadline for self-managed super funds (SMSFs) to be compliant with the SuperStream data standards is fast approaching, and trustees who have not done so need to prepare now, the SMSF Association has warned. SMSF Association chief executive and managing ...

Justsuper added to DomaCom Property SMSF panel

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... investors to "get their foot on the property ladder" through a collaborative investment process with other Property SMSF trustees. "The DomaCom Property SMSF is not so much a product but an online end-to-end business development solution that will help ...