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Fiducian adds advisers SMSF course

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2006
In a bid to boost their financial planner's specialist expertise, Fiducian Financial Service's advisers will complete a self-managed superannuation fund training course that is currently being encouraged by ASIC on top of PS 146. Technical services ...

RSE licensing transition grinds to a close

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2006
... trustees manage combined assets of around $500 billion, more than half of the $905 billion super fund pool. Self-managed super funds and exempted funds make up the remainder of the superannuation universe, neither being regulated by APRA. Deputy chairman ...

FCA levels insurance field for DIY funds

Family Care Australia (FCA) has teamed up with MetLife Insurance to provide self-managed super funds (SMSFs) group insurance products at fees on par with that of large employer and industry funds. "Unlike members of large employer or industry funds ...

Double-dipping super contributions potential windfall

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2006
The self-employed and those with two jobs are missing out on a superannuation savings windfall due to a change in the taxation laws, according to a self-managed superannuation specialist. Director of Melbourne based Partners Superannuation Services ...

Count takes stock of SMSF and reverse mortgages

Dealer group Count has released a new self-managed super fund (SMSF) tool, SUPERCENTRAL, and added reverse mortgages to its list of recommended products. Speaking at the group's annual conference held in New Zealand this week, chief operating officer ...

Intrinsic finds value in Islamic investing

... Muslim-Australian investors who are unhappy with their default super funds now have the option to set up their own self-managed super fund (SMSF). Or, they can invest through Intrinsic's managed discretionary account (MDA) called the Crescent Ethical ...

SMSFs turning to managed funds

Self managed super fund (SMSF) clients are finding it easy to manage their investments but are becoming more defensive, increasingly opting for managed funds. The findings were released yesterday by AMP Capital Investors and Investment Trends, whose ...

Aurora to IPO $150 million buy-write trust

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2006
... market. Aurora said the trust, with a minimum subscription of only $2,000, will be suited to individual or self managed super fund investors seeking income returns that include franking credits that come bundled with medium term capital growth.

Accountants come under shadow shop radar

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2006
... difficulties of that exemption being observed and practiced. It's difficult to advise on the strategies for self managed super funds, and not the products that go into the structure." Belinda Robinson, financial planning technical adviser to CPA Australia ...

Claws out on unlicensed super trustees

... get an RSE license or not," she said. Under the new licensing regime, all super funds, with the exception of self managed super funds, have to be a registered superannuation entity (RSE) run under an APRA license. Funds that can't or don't want to comply ...