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No cane toad approach to SMSF shake-up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... be adopting a 'cane toad' solution to the industry's flaws. Speaking at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) Conference in Melbourne today, Cooper said the review had not come to any final recommendations on SMSFs just yet because ...

More SMSFs comply with ATO rules

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... returns on time rose 11 per cent on the prior lodgement period. Speaking at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) Conference in Melbourne yesterday, D'Ascenzo said the timing of SMSF lodgements was a major concern three years ago but ...

Limited advice from accountants face hurdles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
Tony D'Aloisio, chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), said SPAA's proposal advocating for accountants to be able to provide limited structural advice on superannuation could be impractical. Speaking yesterday at the Self ...

SMSFs turn to advisers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... per cent to 42 per cent in a year. Andrea Slattery, chief executive at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA), said the demand for financial advisers specialising in SMSFs had risen significantly. SPAA runs a course that caters for accountants ...

Improving admin could stop fraudsters: SPAA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... stopped, according to one industry body. Andrea Slattery, chief executive at the SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA), said while the superannuation administration system is robust, it could be improved to make it much harder for people ...

FPA and SPAA sign MOU

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009
The industry body for self-managed super funds (SPAA) and for financial planners (FPA) have joined forces to develop policies that will help shape the SMSF sector. Both associations signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to work together on policy ...

SMSF trustee group closes

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... Investors Association (AIA). Graeme Colley, vice chair at the Self Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA), said SMSMA spoke with SPAA about taking on its members but decided against it because the two groups represented different ...

Fin services back associations

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
... institutions and professionals continue to throw their support behind associations and industry bodies such as the FPA, ASFA and SPAA despite pressure to cut costs. The Financial Planning Association (FPA), Association of Superannuation Funds Australia ...

ATO relays transitional rules concerns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
... not apply to their circumstances," he said. This warning comes after the last SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) conference where D'Ascenzo, said the tax office is targeting illegal early access to retirement savings and stepping up ...

SMSF in-house asset rules and disclosure flawed

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... time, require them to provide a detailed investment strategy. Speaking at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) conference in Adelaide, University of NSW law academic Gordon Cooper welcomed news that the ATO would work closely with ...