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SMSF trustees wise up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
Partners Superannuation Services research has found one in 12 self managed super funds (SMSF) continue to break Australian Tax Office (ATO) rules, but the range of non-compliance offenses had tapered. The SMSF research is based on an audit of almost ...

Our two-track super model

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... philosophy that high income people should be capable of looking after themselves might even extend into the realm of self-managed super funds where the industry believes there is a regulatory push to impose size restrictions on how much money investors ...

AXA North open for non-super savings

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
... Germany and Belgium offices. Emery said the product would appeal to those wanting to protect personal savings and self managed super fund trustees. "This strategy can give investors the confidence to stay fully invested even in volatile markets and then ...

Super Concepts names GM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
ING Australia has promoted Paul May to general manager of its self managed super fund business, Super Concepts. May has worked at Super Concepts for more than six years, most recently as national operations manager. Prior to working at Super Concepts ...

Securitor academy in the works

MICHAEL HOBBS REPORTING FROM THE CONFERENCE IN NEW ZEALAND  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
Securitor is to set up a paraplanning academy and launch an online self assessment program to help advisers beef up on their finance knowledge and better answer the questions of clients uneasy about the state of the markets. Speaking at the Securitor ...

ATO warns on super loans

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
The Australian Taxation Office has cautioned trustees of self managed superannuation to be careful about the types of loan arrangements they get into. In a taxpayer alert issued on Friday the ATO said trustees had to ensure that in entering into a loan ...

New voice for SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
A new self managed super fund body, the Self Managed Superannuation Member's Association Ltd, was officially launched yesterday - the latest industry initiative to boost the SMSF sector. Established in August 2007, the association aims to help the SMSF ...

Good billing helps SMSF admin

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2008
... works if you have the right billing arrangement in place, said Andrew Bloore, chief executive of smartsuper, a self-managed super fund administrator. Speaking at the SPAA conference last week, Bloore said some accounting practices fear they could lose ...

FPA to offer Life Risk course

The Financial Planning Association is to provide accreditation in speciality professional areas, with the Life Risk Advisers program the first off the rank. FPA chief executive Jo-Anne Bloch said the FPA has developed the new education program to enable ...

Uni to offer SMSF degree

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
Self Managed Super Fund (SMSF) trustee education will be boosted with plans to develop postgraduate and certificate programs in potentially half a dozen universities around Australia. "Adelaide University has developed an SMSF certificate and masters ...