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Improving admin could stop fraudsters: SPAA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
Self managed super fund (SMSF) administration processes need 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 ...

Perpetual appoints Class Super

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
Perpetual has selected Class Financial Systems' self managed super fund platform, Class Super, as its preferred platform for SMSF administration. Matt Pancino, group executive of operations for Perpetual said, "the Class Super platform was subject to ...

SMSFs not exempt from tough reviews: Bowen

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
Minister of superannuation Chris Bowen said self-managed super funds will not be exempt from strong government scrutiny - as the government cracks down on the sector's accountability, efficiency and governance issues. Speaking at the ASFA conference ...

SelectingSuper unveils 2009 top super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... respectively winning the Value and Premium Choice categories. In the SMSF category, Cavendish Superannuation was named Self-Managed Super Fund Provider of the Year. The Rainmaker SelectingSuper Awards are chosen from among the best super funds in Australia ...

SMSFs tip more into international equities

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
... country's fastest growing super segment. According to the Multiport SMSF Investment Trends Survey for October, self-managed super funds' exposure to international equities climbed to 7.4 per cent at the end of September, from June's 7 per cent. While ...

FPs and accountants at odds on SMSF strategies

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
Financial planners are almost three times as likely than accountants to place self managed super fund (SMSF) clients on a platform, highlighting key differences in how the two professions are dealing with this booming market segment. The Investment ...

Investors back structured prod investments

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
Self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees and financial planning clients are snapping up structured products that provide exposure to local and Asian markets, with one provider of the products gaining more than $100 million in just 18 months. Instreet's ...

ATO to gauge SMSF attitudes to regulation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
The Australian Tax Office is looking for trustees of self-managed super funds who want to participate in a survey investigating the strengths and weaknesses of superannuation regulation. The survey is being conducted for the ATO by the Colmar Brunton ...

Supercorp set to launch superMate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
Supercorp Australia is poised to unveil superMate, its next generation self managed superannuation fund administration software built on the technology of its current flagship product, SuperVisor II. The new offering extends the existing SuperVisor ...

SMSFs snap up blue chip shares

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
Self-managed super fund trustees are now placing blue chip shares on the top of their buying list after brushing off last year's market carnage, research shows. With markets on an upward trajectory and investor sentiment turning towards the positive ...