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ASIC freezes defendants' assets in Wickham case

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... against ten defendants to preserve the assets of the companies for the benefit of investors, mainly self-managed super funds (SMSF), whose funds had been applied to Wickham and other corporate entities connected to Bradley Sherwin and against his wife ...

AFA to welcome "first timers" in 2013 conference

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... will feature over 90 presenters who will participate on sessions around investment, insurance, self-managed super funds (SMSF) and aged care as well as sessions on developing client service, emotional intelligence, communication skills and social media ...

Fidelity Worldwide Investment cuts minimum investment amounts

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
Fidelity Worldwide Investment (Fidelity) has reduced the minimum initial investment amount required for all its funds in Australia from $500,000 to $25,000. Before this, Fidelity's product range had been available for a minimum initial investment amount ...

HNW and SMSF under ATO scrutiny

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will focus on high net worth (HNW) and self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) misuse of the concessional tax environment, whether if it is deliberately or unintentionally. The ATO announced that it will review ...

Westpac launches annuity lookalike

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... product, which is "quite unique" in the retirement product market, is directed more towards self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) holders than traditional super members, adding that it would allow the holder a high level of flexibility. "Investors ...

Class Super gains ground in SMSF software race

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... ASX-listed company CountPlus has invested one million shares in SuperIP, the holding company of self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) software provider Class Super. Class Super said this foreshadows the company's intention to publicly list the company ...

Self-education cap "short sighted": SPAA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has criticised the Government's proposal to cap tax deductions for professional self-education at $2000. SPAA said that the decision is "short-sighted and self-defeating" and said that a self-managed ...

IOOF appoints BDM to AET

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... new business development manager for NSW. He will be responsible for the sale and distribution of AET's Small APRA Fund and SMSF solutions. In a career in financial services spanning two decades, Tisdell has worked at UBS, Godfrey Pembroke, Citibank ...

SMSF 'Boost Camp' 2013 gets underway July 23

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... Series on Tuesday 23 July, at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour. The event, organised by the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA), will then travel to Brisbane, Melbourne, and Adelaide, with the final day taking ...

ACFS flummoxed by SMSF cash trend

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... new report by the Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS) are bemused as to why self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investors heavily favour cash over fixed-interest products. The paper, entitled 'The Future Demand and Supply of Finance' ...