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Topdocs automates SMSF deed updating

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
Self Managed Super Funds document provider Topdocs released today the Topdocs SMSF Deed Update, an automated update system for deeds. The new system allows professionals save time updating SMSF deeds after legislative and rule changes. "The new update ...

Ex-drug dealers now hitting-up SMSFs: ACC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
Australia's criminal intelligence agency, the ACC is witnessing an increasing number of the illegal operations, with many organised crime rings - formerly involved in drug trafficking - now targeting investors, as the profits were better and there was ...

$1tr flows into US bond funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
... sheer weight of overseas forces will swamp domestic market sentiment. Meantime, some currency forecasters are now tipping the AUD to reach US$1.10 - due to US money printing and China's surprisingly high growth rates - despite the downward pressure the ...

Anova wins tech industry recognition

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
DST Global Solutions' Anova investment data software has been named 'best-in-class' in the CEB TowerGroup Wealth Management report. To compile the report CEB TowerGroup collected qualitative and quantitative data from interviews with industry experts ...

Retirement costs on the rise again

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
The cost of living a modest retirement has risen faster than the overall rate of inflation, according to new research from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) released today. The cost of a 'comfortable' retirement has risen 2% ...

SPAA urges SMSF auditors to register with regulator

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) is urging SMSF auditors to register as soon as possible so they are cleared to audit funds when the new licensing regime comes in to effect on 1 July. The Australian Securities and Investments ...

Mixed outlook for Aussie dollar

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
While each commentator at this morning's Financial Standard Chief Economist Forum agreed that the investment in the mining sector had peaked, they found it harder to reach a consensus on the direction of the Australian dollar. Addressing an audience ...

2013

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... itself into a recession by focusing on how our unemployment rate is somehow a disaster at 5.2%, and that interest rates, the AUD and government debt are too high. When this rhetoric gets entwined with an election year, it will feel like the end of the ...

High rates saving Australia's economy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... move. But the downside is that despite our rates falling so steeply they are still way above the US, partly explaining why AUD keeps going up. A lower AUD would of course be preferable but if the price is zero interest rates, no room to move on fiscal ...

SPAA welcomes Gov's tick of approval

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
A representative body for self managed superannuation fund professionals has welcomed a federal government decision to recognise its fund auditing qualification as a win for professionalism. The program offered by the SMSF Professionals' of Australia ...