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ASIC's SMSF report being misread

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013
... commissioned by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) into the cost of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) has been misinterpreted. The report, 'Cost of Operating SMSFs', which was prepared by Rice Warner Actuaries, caused a ...

Super likely to fall under Treasury

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
... public social security purse and a population of Australians better enabled to take control of their financial future." The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) assumed that Sinodinos will be responsible for superannuation in his role ...

Industry agrees: SMSFs are not for everyone

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
... Commission (ASIC) consultation paper asking for better regulation for establishing and advising self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF). "The announcement by ASIC today is consistent with SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) objective," ...

ASIC questions SMSF advice in proposed guidance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013
... Investments Commissions (ASIC) has called into question the quality of advice given to self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) investors in proposed guidance the regulator released today. "There is a need to improve the disclosure of information that ...

SMSFs show appetite for direct overseas shares

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013
SMSFs investors are three times more likely to research overseas stocks than non-SMSF investors, according to research conducted by investment research platform Skaffold into its member base. Skaffold, which was set up by well-known professional stock-pickers ...

Club Plus climbs aboard DI bandwagon

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
Industry fund Club Plus Super is the latest superannuation fund to launch a direct investment option, which may stave off the flow of members with high account balances setting up self-managed super funds (SMSFs). The new Direct Investment Option will ...

BUSSQ members happiest in Australia

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
Industry fund BUSSQ is doing a better job of keeping its members satisfied than any other Australian super fund, according to research by Investment Trends. Investment Trends 2013 Member Sentiment & Communications Report found that 83% of BUSSQ members ...

ASFA wary about SMSF property schemes

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... services licensing (AFSL) for all persons involved in the sale of investment products and property to self-managed super funds (SMSF). ASFA expressed its worries about reports that SMSF members are being offered luxury international holidays in exchange ...

Telstra Super lures members with SMSF lookalike

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... SMSFs had 26% allocated to cash and cash products. However, in the same survey Investment Trends found that the percentage of SMSF investors intending to invest in term deposits over the next 12 months (from April) had fallen from 34% to 21%. This drop ...

Could ASIC become the SMSF regulator?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... on about whether the ATO [Australian Tax Office] is the appropriate body to regulate SMSFs given that the obligations of SMSF trustees now is so significant," Wivell Plater told Financial Standard. "Traditionally SMSFs have been a tax vehicle, but now ...