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Cognitive function, consumption biggest SMSF risks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
While investors and SMSF promoters point to taxation and compliance as the sector's biggest risks, human and lifestyle factors may actually be bigger threats. Last week the consulting group Deloitte generated much fanfare with a report containing projections ...

Industry funds ask for specialised SMSF adviser training

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
Industry superannuation funds associations are asking financial planners who provide self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) advice to undertake a different and more specialised training than those who advice on funds regulated by the Australian Prudential ...

Wealth Within targets SMSFs with new platform

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
... securities, ETFs, cash, term deposits, hybrids, REITs and LICs. Global One also marks Wealth Within's desire to capture the growing SMSF market. "It provides the ability for SMSFs to move seamlessly from the accumulation phase to an account-based pension ...

BGL forms alliance with DBA Lawyers

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
DBA Lawyers has formed an alliance with self- managed superannuation fund (SMSF) administration software supplier BGL Corporate Solutions (BGL) to provide an automated SMSF document solution for trustees. Through BGL's Simple Fund 360 web SMSF administration ...

ASMA dismisses SMSF property bubble fears

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
The Australian SMSF Members' Association (ASMA) has dismissed recent speculation that DIY investors are overheating the property market as 'a beat-up' and called on SMSF investors to invest even more in the sector. Last week the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Abbott sticks to his promise on SMSF regulation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has made clear that he isn't planning to make changes to the self-managed super fund (SMSF) sector even after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) red flagged DIY investors' property exposure. "What we said was that there would ...

No bubble fears in commercial property for SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) investors concerned about a bubble forming in the residential property sector can still find plenty of attractively valued assets to invest in the broader commercial property sector, according to Charter Hall head of direct ...

RBA red flags SMSF property exposure

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... Bank of Australia (RBA) has joined the string of organisations that are concerned about self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) exposure to property. In a Financial Stability Review, the RBA noted that changes to superannuation legislation have made ...

SMSF sector to blitz competition by 2017

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013

SMSFs missing out on overseas performance

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013