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Endowment bond product frees SMSFs to add risk

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The steady stream of reliable income provided by endowment bonds provides self-funded retirees with the certainty to take greater risk elsewhere in their portfolios, according to Endowment Bond Exchange (EBX) chief executive officer Stephen Duchesne. ...

Class Super beats BGL to launch automated property valuator

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) software provider Class Super has teamed up with property valuator RP Data to launch an automated property valuations service for SMSFs, ahead of BGL's planned launch of a similar service in two weeks. Class Super chief ...

Accountants eye full AFS licence

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... a limited AFS licence, accountants will be able to give advice on the establishment of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) as well as general advice. "They will be able to recommend their clients to put their money into cash, but they can't tell ...

Hunter Hall founder targets instos and SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
Parker Asset Management has re-launched in Australia as Altair Asset Management to reflect a broadening of its business beyond family office and private wealth investment to include institutional and retail clients. Philip Parker, who co-founded Hunter ...

Trustees warned about unintentional SMSF contributions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
Self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees have been warned that unintentional or mistimed contributions could get them in hot water with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). "Even the most carefully constructed contribution strategy can fail ...

BGL adds bank data to SMSF software

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... product, which is available now, is "less than half the price" of competing products. BGL has by far the largest share in the SMSF administration software market. Its Simple Fund is used to administer three quarters of Australia's 500,000 SMSFs.

OneVue beefs up team ahead of SMSF service launch

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
Investment platform OneVue has strengthened its team in multiple areas ahead of the launch a self-managed super funds (SMSF) service. OneVue chief executive of strategic relationships Brett Marsh said that the firm planned to release the new SMSF services ...

ASIC releases more detail on limited AFS licence

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... broader authorisations. Accountants are currently allowed to provide advice on the establishment of self-managed super funds (SMSF) without the need for an AFS licence under an exception in the Corporations Act 2001. But as part of the Future of Financial ...

Fund CEOs slam MySuper as 'death by a thousand cuts'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... self-managed super funds (SMSFs). Some respondents said they were countering this by offering more self-directed offerings - 'SMSF lookalikes' as one chief executive put it. Other concerns were the increasing strength of the big four banks in the super ...

SPAA CEO appointed to board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has appointed Andrea Slattery as managing director on the association's board. "Andrea has been a magnificent contributor to SPAA as a founder and CEO, and the board now firmly believes the time ...