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SMSF auditor competency education push

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
Details of the registration regime for auditors working in the SMSF sector, announced this week by superannuation minister Minister Bill Shorten, are broadly been in line with industry expectations although questions still remain around quality assurance. ...

New accountants' licence hailed as win for affordable advice

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... encourage greater industry competition - by evening up the disjointed playing field that is part of the current regime." The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) commented on Minister for Financial Services Bill Shorten's estimates that ...

SMSFs should pay SuperStream levy: AIST

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
Self-managed super funds are the biggest superannuation sector by dollars and will be major beneficiaries of the SuperStream reforms and so should contribute to the levy being imposed on other fund members, argues the AIST. Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

SMSF Trustees want compensation: SPAA

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
The Self Managed Super Fund professionals' Association of Australia has rejected calls for a levy to be imposed on SMSF trustees to fund a compensation scheme. In the wake of the Trio fraud there has been a misconception as to what the legal standing ...

More SMSF trustees go it alone

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
A desire for control and growing pressure on fees are the main reasons SMSF investors are relying less on advice, according to the latest Vanguard and Investment Trends Self-managed Super Fund Report. The use of advisers by the SMSF sector declined ...

Russell launches mini iQ platform

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... management fees, which for Russell's Balanced Fund sees investors pay 85bps in total. Russell iQ Investments also provides SMSF's online access to less familiar asset classes such as international shares and alternatives for wholesale prices. "Our annual ...

SMSF establishments continue down trend

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... 2012, with total Australian and overseas assets now at $416 billion. Listed shares are still the most popular asset class for SMSF trustees, with $133 billion in funds allocated, followed by cash and term deposits which have continued to rise in popularity ...

HIP Super enters advice partnership

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... members." The partnership is also being used as a drawcard to bring back former HIP members who have moved their funds into the SMSF sector, according to Bernays. "Bridges will also provide financial advice for past HIP members who have moved into Self ...

Trio investor secures damages from adviser

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... super fund investors potentially have other options in the advent of theft or fraud," said Peter Burgess, technical director, SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia Limited (SPAA). "What we've seen in the press is one case were an investor was ...

Super FUM up 3.6pc

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
The value of superannuation FUM is up 3.6% in the year to March 2012 to reach $1.38 trillion, tracking the growth rate of GDP that was announced yesterday. Public sector funds are, however, growing almost 4-times faster as 14%, reflecting cash injections ...