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SPAA calls for fraud net to be cast wider

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... called for greater investor protection against fraudulent investment schemes, proposing a levy on all product providers. SPAA is urging broader reforms around insurance and compensation measures following the recent collapse of Trio Capital, which saw ...

SMSF body moves against super death tax

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... called a death tax by stealth. Peter Burgess, technical director of the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association (SPAA), said the draft ruling had taken people by surprise. "People thought that when they move into the pension phase that when ...

SMSF trustees are looking for mentors

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... Marketing Symposium yesterday. Andrea Slattery, chief executive of the Self Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association (SPAA), produced research showing the majority of trustees had a genuine desire to be responsible decision makers and were seeking ...

SMSFs may be banned from buying shares off-market

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... said Pauline Vamos, a member of the consultative group. The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) opposes it. Peter Burgess, technical director of SPAA, said the best practice guidelines were a better way to go, and that ...

Super heavyweights join forces

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... individuals over age 50. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), Self-managed Super Fund Association of Australia (SPAA) and the Financial Services Council (FSC) have submitted a proposal to assistant treasurer Bill Shorten to cut the ...

Planners commission ban skips property

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... planners, said Graeme Colley, director and chair of the Regulatory Committee, SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA). "The role of the financial planner and SMSF trustee is to review the fund's trust deed to ensure there are adequate powers ...

Online SMSF training centre opens for trustees, advisers

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... regulations surrounding the space. For advisers, it provides a resource where they can do courses in their own time to amass SPAA accredited CPD points and specialist SMSF modules. Aaron Dunn, managing director at SMSF Academy said there was a vacuum ...

SPAA warns on year-end pitfalls

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... With the end of financial year looming large, the Self Managed Superannuation Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has issued a series of tax tips for advisers and investors. This year super investors may be eligible to begin a new two ...

Count, NAB targets SMSFs through SPAA

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... SMSF trustees through a newly-launched membership process by Self-managed super fund professionals association of Australia (SPAA). The streamlined process designed has been for advisers after dealer groups demanded a program that could raise their advisers ...

Burned investors drink bitter cup: ASIC

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... recover their monetary loss. Peter Burgess, technical director of the Self Managed Super Fund Professional's Association (SPAA), has previously said court action can be difficult, costly and time-consuming for victims of fraud, such as those burnt by ...