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SMSF associations announce merger

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
Two industry associations that collectively speak for more than 100,000 self-managed superannuation fund trustees are merging to create a united voice. The Self-managed Independent Superannuation Funds Association, established in 1998 to represent the ...

Foreign trust disclosures overhauled in NZ

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... foreign trust is formed in NZ it must now register with NZ government department Inland Revenue - detailing the settlor, trustees, protectors and beneficiaries. An annual return will also need to be filed with Inland Revenue, containing financial statements ...

GROW Super opens for business

ALEX DUNNIN, STEPHEN FAY  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... latest boutique direct product aimed at millennials. GROW Super is offered through LESF Super in association with Diversa Trustees. What makes this product different from other new boutique superannuation solutions is that it has a strategic approach ...

Default retirement products not good enough: Milliman

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
... Jeff Gebler saying that default options won't be good enough with CIPRs. "While a 'safe harbour' is proposed to protect trustees from claims that a CIPR was not in the best interest of an individual member, the reputational damage could be more extreme," ...

SMSFs in rebalancing flurry

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... payments. Interestingly, those choosing lump sum benefits increased from 20% to 40% during the quarter. This shows more trustees are implementing withdraw and re-contribution strategies to take advantage of the current non-concessional contribution caps ...

ATO pushes back SMSF returns deadline

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
... accountants, tax agents and SMSF specialist advisors due to the complexity of the changes." "The extra time will allow SMSF trustees to make well-informed decisions instead of hasty ones," Maroney added.

Financial dispute authorities combined for 'one-stop-shop'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... million over three years from 2018-19 under ASIC's Industry Funding Model. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees says that while they support a stand-alone superannuation complaints tribunal, that they remain critical of whether the new ...

Tax breaks delivered to first home buyers

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... funds, and both members of a couple will be given access to the measures. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has given a cautious welcome to the measures, noting that the proposal represented a "massive shift in thinking around the objective ...

Downsizing measures present advice opportunities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... advantage of the new tax breaks on offer, and boost their super," Andriesson said. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees also welcomed the new measures, despite chief executive Eva Scheerlinck saying they are unlikely to have a material ...

Super associations unite to warn against 'political panel'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... power of choosing a fund is vested in each individual consumer and employer." The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees seconded this point, stating: "To create a new [body] is cumbersome, bureaucratic and increases the risk of politicisation ...