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RaboDirect launches Online SMSF

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
RaboDirect and Cavendish have partnered up to launch a new online SMSF solution that boasts freedom of choice for trustees and compliance assistance. In a bid to bring more transparency to the self-managed super fund (SMSF) market, RaboDirect has created ...

Actuarial certificate delivery speeds up

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
... exempt pension income, will now take only a few seconds. According to Bendzulla, advisers will benefit by getting a 2011 SMSF tax return/ documentation completed this year. Actuarial certificates are needed to claim exemption from income tax where funds ...

SPAA board appoints new member

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) during her eight year membership with the association, Baker is a SPAA SMSF Specialist Adviser and also part of SPAA's regulatory sub-committee. Baker's professional experiences includes the founder ...

Accountants partner up with AXA and MLC to offer financial advice

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... Hilton, National Manager MLC Business Consulting, stressed the imporantance of accountants being able to provide appropriate SMSF advice under FoFA. "SMSFs are an excellent solution for clients that are highly engaged with their superannuation." IPA ...

Shorten rallies the troop to vote in favour of SG hike

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
Financial services minister Bill Shorten has praised all sectors of the superannuation industry for their willingness to "negotiate and compromise" on reform, despite their traditional differences. In an impassioned speech to ASFA delegates, the assistant ...

SMSF cloud solution launched

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... brokers. Completely cloud based, the Superfund Wholesale system aims to provide advisers with a simple automated process for SMSF establishment, fund administration, auditing services, trust deed upgrades and 24/7 online reporting as well as strategic ...

Super strategy needed for retirees

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... investment choices should also be carefully considered. "One thing they should be careful of is using the balance in their SMSF to buy illiquid, low-yielding assets such as an investment property as this can cause problems in meeting pension payments ...

Leenane Templeton Chartered Accountants adds financial planning

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... partnership that caters to their needs." The Leenane Templeton group now includes chartered accounting, business advisory, SMSF specialists and wealth management businesses.

Multiport hits $2bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... has hit $2 billion in funds under administration but for such a large administration group to be so small relative to the SMSF market shows how fragmented the SMSF marketplace remains. The fragmentation is because, while there are around 10 major SMSF ...

Islamic fund opens doors to Australian investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
Australian investors will have access to a new 'ultra ethical' fund, investing on Islamic principles with the launch of Crescent Wealth and its Australian equities fund, the first of a series of products it plans to bring to market. The Crescent Australian ...