Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 1691 - 1700 of 2562 results for "SMSF"

ASIC: no plans for SMSF balance threshold

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... planners from providing advice for self-managed superannuation funds with balances under $100,000. Speaking at the 2014 SPAA SMSF National Conference in Brisbane this morning ASIC commissioner Greg Tanzer responded to industry concern that the regulator ...

Looming pension deeming rules "lack clarity"

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... changes to the deeming rules for account based pensions look likely to be passed by the Parliament this year, with SPAA warning SMSF trustees to be prepared despite the lack of available information. SPAA senior manager, technical and policy Jordan George ...

SMSF industry welcomes more flexible penalties

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... flexible penalties for trustees who breach rules has received general support from the self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) industry. Speaking at the 10th SPAA SMSF National Conference in Brisbane AMP SMSF head of policy & technical, Peter Burgess ...

Sinodinos rules out LRBA review for SMSFs

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... into limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs), but emphasised that licensing is necessary. Speaking at the 2014 SPAA SMSF National Conference in Brisbane today, Sinodinos said that: "where someone provides advice incidental to own job, they do ...

Planners not meeting SMSF trustee demands

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
Financial planners still have a long way to go to meet the needs of self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees, a new report has shown. The research, conducted by CoreData and jointly issued by the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) and ...

Consumers safe under FoFA changes: former judge

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... are not under threat from the Government's proposed changes to the Future of Financial Advice Reforms (FoFA), according to SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) patron Sir Anthony Mason. In his opening address to the 1,400-strong delegates ...

Class Super launches browser-based platform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
SMSF administration software provider Class Super has unveiled a new fully browser-based platform. Class said the new platform, which is cloud-based and accessible from desktops and tablets, is a step forward from its existing Windows application. Class ...

Praemium launches SMSF functionality

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
Praemium is set to launch its self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) functionality after beginning a beta trial in mid-2013. The product will allow SMSF administrators to undertake fund compliance tasks, including tax lodgement, from with Praemium's ...

SPAA appoints COO with Olympic experience

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has appointed Jacqui Murdoch as its chief operating officer (COO) effective immediately. Murdoch established a management consultant company in 2006 that has won global contracts with the London ...

BT announces upgrades to ageing Wrap platform

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... investment platform, 'BT Cash' scheduled for release in 1H14. BT has explicitly identified the burgeoning self-managed super fund (SMSF) sector as an area of opportunity and platform enhancements are being designed to focus specifically on this market. ...