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Super tax breaks unaffordable: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... Of Information request, Treasury posted the Red Book briefing on its website. For superannuation, the Self Managed Super Fund (SMSF) sector and critics of the recently released Cooper Report in particular, the Red Book briefing is explosive. "The superannuation ...

ETFs hit trillion dollar milestone

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
The global exchange traded fund (ETF) industry hit the US$1 trillion mark this month and product providers predict the launch of fixed income ETFs this year and next will drive the sector's mainstream appeal. At the end of July 2010, the global ETF ...

SMSFs carry underlying key person risk: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
A new report has raised concerns about the structure of self managed super funds (SMSF) as trustees potentially become unable to adequately invest and administer their retirement savings as they get older. The Financial Wellbeing in Retirement report ...

Custom Solutions flows double in June qtr

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... trying to get greater traction with the FirstWrap platform. She said the firm is aiming to attract more self managed super fund (SMSF) investors after it added a direct equities function to the platform. The firm also internally promoted one of its employees ...

More planners gain SMSF cred

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
SPAA has recorded a 20 per cent jump in advisers seeking self managed super fund (SMSF) specialist accreditation as planners embrace higher professional standards to cater for the biggest sub-segment of the superannuation industry. The increased demand ...

Count buys stakes in Victorian and NSW practices

PRESS RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Count Financial subsidiary, Countplus, has bought stakes in two more businesses for just under $1 million in cash and shares. Countplus bought a 25 per cent share in Melbourne-based Kidmans Partners, an accounting and financial services firm with a ...

Perkovic pushes for FirstWrap market share

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
Nearly six months since joining Colonial First State, Marianne Perkovic, general manager of distribution, is expanding the reach of CFS' FirstWrap platform by hiring a new head of platform sales and targeting SMSF planners. Perkovic said one of her ...

Count expands lending

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... Gale said, is in its existing client base. Half the group's accounting and advice business relates to the self managed super fund (SMSF) market - a market segment that is looking for lending alternatives for their business or for personal expansion ...

AXA and Wealth.net split poses planner risk

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
National Australia Bank stands to lose one of the most popular platforms among advisers if the bank decides to offload the North Wealth.net platform as part of its potential AXA buy. Advisers who use the Wealth.net platform have the highest level of ...

AMP boosts SMA service

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... shares customised for their specific needs. The service is targeted at higher net worth investors and self managed super fund customers looking for exposure to direct shares and managed funds with the support of professional investment management and ...