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Video SoAs on the cards

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... opportunities for advisers with the introduction of social media strategies to daily advice operations, discussed at the national SPAA conference yesterday. The introduction of scaled advice will be an enormous opportunity for advisers, according to ...

SMSFs focus on risk reduction: report

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA) and Russell Investments today launched the second annual SMSF report which revealed a focus among trustees on risk reduction and increased interest in SMSFs among a younger demographic. ...

New data questions SMSF inflows

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... billion in 2010. Andrea Slattery, chief executive of the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) said other figures paint a different picture. "All current data is showing that there has been a steady growth. Since late ...

Colley departs OnePath for SPAA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... Standard. Colley is leaving OnePath after more than 10 years to take up a new directorial position at SMSF representative body SPAA. In his new role as director of education and professional standards at the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association ...

Cutting super tax breaks unwise: SPAA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... incentive to save for retirement, the party said. However the Self Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) said there was "no evidence" to suggest tax concessions to high income earners were a net drain on the Budget. "Rather ...

Female SMSF trustees narrow gender gap

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... female, compared with 34 % of APRA regulated funds, the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) said more needs to be done by industry and government to help women plan for their retirement. The figures also show that the ...

SMSFs dominating super assets

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
... from professionals," said Andrea Slattery, chief executive, Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA). "The report also reflects strong confidence in the SMSF sector, which has been aided by the robustness and flexibility ...

Industry welcomes Shorten's promotion

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
... future of all Australians," said AFA boss Richard Klipin. The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) also welcomed Shorten's re-appointment to the Financial Services and Super portfolios, saying it would speed up the finalisation ...

SMSF sector tackling misconceptions

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... super industry. Peter Burgess, technical director for the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA), told Financial Standard that while there are several major misconceptions about this space, it was overall a very positive ...

Super industry responds to MYEFO

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... to auto-assess the entitlement of low-income earners. The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) echoed similar sentiments at the suspended indexation of the annual concessional superannuation caps. This will mean the ...