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SPAA board appoints new member

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
Building on its accounting expertise, SPAA has announced that founder of accounting firm CJ Baker & Associates, Carolyn Baker, has joined the board. A committee member for the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) during ...

Midwinter's Esler joins Ibbotson Associates

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... currently sits on the regulatory committee for the Self-Managed Superannuation Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA). "We're pleased that Matthew has joined our investment management and advisory business. He has extensive experience and ...

Tax forum tackles wealth management issues

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... at times mistakes are made due to this complexity," said Shorten. The Self Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association (SPAA) also attended the reform summit and called for new tax reforms such as increasing the annual concessional superannuation caps ...

SPAA rallies against off-market trading ban

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... price for the asset, most frequently listed shares. However, Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) technical director Peter Burgess said there was no hard evidence of that. "We're disappointed that the SMSF sector has ...

SMSFs given leeway on property assets

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... assets. The ATO's draft ruling on the subject has been endorsed by the Self Managed Super Fund Professionals Association (SPAA), which, it said, would allow investors and their advisers to plan with more confidence. "The single acquirable asset rules ...

FOFA divides on commission

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... super, then remuneration options should remain in place." The Self-Managed Super Fund Professional Association of Australia (SPAA) was pleased by the Government's move to reconsider its decision to ban commissions on individual insurance within superannuation. ...

SPAA board appoints comms specialist

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
Robin Bowerman, Vanguard's current head of corporate affairs and market development, has been appointed to the SPAA board in what the association hopes will be an asset to its upcoming policy advocacy campaigns and membership drive. Bowerman, also a ...

Help for advisers with super death tax impact on SMSFs

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... best-practice tools to appropriately document the strategy for clients," he said. Attendees of the webinar will earn accredited SPAA CPD points. The event is free for financial advisor members of the SMSF Academy, but non-members would be charged $77. ...

SMSFs could use email for SuperStream

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... rolling money from one fund to another. Speaking at the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) State Technical Conference this week, Peter Burgess, SPAA technical director, said the mandated data standards for rollover ...

SMSFs can use tax rule to save thousands conference told

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... cases increase rather than decrease death benefits, the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) State Technical Conference was told. SPAA has voiced its concern over draft ruling TR 2011/D3 that enables the taxing of income ...