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Four new SMSFs every hour

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... sector is continuing unabated. According to the report, at the end of December last year there were 496,207 SMSFs and 945,207 SMSF members, a rise in both funds and membership of 7.8% over the previous 12 months. The fund number growth means a net 3,000 ...

SPAA urges SMSF auditors to register with regulator

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) is urging SMSF auditors to register as soon as possible so they are cleared to audit funds when the new licensing regime comes in to effect on 1 July. The Australian Securities and Investments ...

Funds unlikely to follow HOSTPLUS to PST

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Pauline Vamos said that any superannuation fund that let SMSF trustees access its investments could be hoping that as people get older, they would roll their retirement savings back ...

CBUS to review products to tempt SMSFs

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
Construction industry superannuation fund CBUS will review its product offering over the next 12 months in order to attract people in self managed superannuation funds. Last week fellow industry super fund HOSTPLUS said self managed super fund trustees ...

SPAA joins UN group

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
The SMSF Professionals Association of Australia has become the first Australian financial services group to join a United Nations independent financial advice convention. Yesterday the SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA) said it had joined ...

HOSTPLUS to become a PST

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
Once its plans to become a pooled superannuation trust (PST) are complete later this year, HOSTPLUS will be the first Industry fund to allow SMSFs to invest in its underlying investment platform. As well as helping to keep costs down, HOSTPLUS CEO David ...

APRA's SMSF loan warning berated

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)'s warning about the complexities of self-managed super fund (SMSF) loans has been questioned by a number of industry professionals. APRA executive general manager for policy Chris Littrell warned ...

SPAA backs limited recourse borrowing rule changes

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia has backed the government's plan to redefine limited recourse borrowing arrangements as financial products. Based on proposed changes, only fully-licensed financial planners would be able to advise on ...

SMSF popularity belies fickle performance

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2013
... superior returns may be getting less than they bargained for, new Rainmaker research shows. The unprecedented growth of the SMSF sector has eclipsed regular funds in recent years. The latest data from the Australian Tax Office (ATO) shows that there ...

Super is back in favour

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2013
Contributions to all superannuation entities for the year totalled $117.5 billion - the second biggest nudge into retirement savings ever - with employers and members contributing $82.1 billion and $34.2 billion respectively, according to the latest ...