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Ex-drug dealers now hitting-up SMSFs: ACC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... less chance of being caught. ACC executive director David Lacey warned delegates attending the SMSF Professionals' association of Australia (SPAA) national conference yesterday that criminal groups, mostly based in South East Asia, are running sophisticated ...

Industry urged to understand changes to transfer rules

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... listed assets into self managed super funds. Speaking yesterday at the opening session of the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) national conference, SPAA technical director Peter Burgess reminded delegates that this year it would become ...

Broken 'contribs law' needs fixing: SPAA

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... fund are not working and need to be changed, an industry expert said yesterday. Speaking at SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia's ( SPAA) conference in Melbourne, SPAA technical director Peter Burgess said the system needs to be reformed. He ...

SMSF trustees confident backing their limited advice

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... self managed super funds, diversify their portfolios better. Launched on the eve of the 2013 SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) national conference by both SPAA and Russell Investments, and conducted by research group Core Data, the ...

Most DIY funds won't change allocations in retirement

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... change their asset allocations or had already done so. Yesterday Russell Investments and The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) released a joint report, conducted by research-group Core Data, that revealed only 43.9% of retired trustees ...

Policy team reshuffles at ASFA

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has restructured its policy team after the departure last year of policy manager Margaret Stewart. Last week the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said that after Stewart left ...

ME Bank launches premium treasury service

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
ME Bank will launch a new premium treasury service for wealth management advisers at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) conference in Melbourne on Wednesday. According to ME Bank general manager liabilities Michael Donohue, the ...

Pro bono advice for disaster victims

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
Disaster victims will get free financial advice after the Financial Planning Association of Australia yesterday said that it had re-launched a pro bono service. The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has started the service up again to ...

Dignity Super's main aim, ASFA reminds politicians

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
Dignity is the primary goal of the country's retirement system, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia reminded the Federal Government yesterday. Speculation over changes that both the Gillard Government and the Federal Opposition would ...

Retirement costs on the rise again

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... 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% in the last ...