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Self managed super a furfie

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... to help members make better investment decisions and monitor their performance. Paul Sainsbury, managing director of AMP SMSF Investments, champions the importance of recognising that the concept of self-managed super can be a red herring, and that in ...

Accountants to deliver advice under new regime

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... bring advice to more Australians. Under the new licensing regime, the options available to accountants who want to advise SMSF trustees include getting their own licence, becoming an authorised representative of a licensee or entering into a referral ...

Macquarie launches SMSF tool

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... Macquarie has released an online Share market Tax Facts for accountants, making it the latest addition to its range of tools for SMSF experts. The new product provides key information required to prepare tax returns for clients with share portfolios ...

SMSF contributions up 15%

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
Contributions to self managed super funds were up 15% on the previous year, according to the most recent data from the Australian Tax Office (ATO), which releases contributions figures annually, with a one year lag. Australians contributed $24 billion ...

SMSF industry hits back on 'rort' claims

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
Specialist SMSF group Dixon Advisory has rejected claims that self-managed super funds should be subject to new tax treatment, arguing that recent papers ignore tax concessions available to all superannuation members. Nerida Cole, managing director ...

Bendigo Wealth launches SMSF admin offer

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
Bendigo Wealth has launched an end-to-end SMSF administration service in partnership with SuperIQ. The offer termed SuperAstute has the capability to establish the fund's trust deed and linked bank accounts, monitor investments, monitor contribution ...

AMP Capital chases Asian growth

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... expand its offerings to the self managed super funds market in Australia, on the back of its acquisition of Adelaide-based SMSF administrator Cavendish. However, AMP group chief executive officer Craig Dunn said any additional acquisitions would be at ...

Innovative income fund pays dividends

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
Since its inception a year ago specifically to maximise returns for zero tax payers such as pension funds and charities, Plato Investment Management Limited (Plato) has delivered an attractive 9.5% income yield (inclusive of franking credits) within ...

Discretion strictly case-by-case in new SMSF audit scheme

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... managers and superannuation senior executive leader Gerard Fitzpatrick at the Institute of Chartered Accountants national SMSF conference last Friday. "We do have discretion, and there is flexibility, but it is not something that we are looking to apply ...

ATO stands up for compliant SMSFs on levy use

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... year, according to Forsyth, who said he believed that a portion of those who failed to lodge did not in fact intend to run an SMSF, casting some aspersions on the number of SMSFs reportedly operating. Earlier this month the Institute of Chartered Accountants ...