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SPAA rallies against off-market trading ban

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... of Australia (SPAA) technical director Peter Burgess said there was no hard evidence of that. "We're disappointed that the SMSF sector has been singled out and certainly in our view the practices which they are trying to stop have just as much potential ...

AFS to focus on independent market

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... level, AFS intends to launch several new initiatives, including up to three private label product offerings, upgrades to its SMSF products, compliance restructure and the launch of a new MDA facility. AFS's Strategic Development Group (SDG), a group ...

SMSFs in share buying mood

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... despite the current market conditions. The survey also found that fixed interest still dominates. The inaugural Australian SMSF Members Association (ASMA) survey of its member base found that while 65% of respondents believed market volatility had an ...

Asgard eyes industry business with pay as you go platform

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... works since 2009, is largely based upon insights around how Foxtel prices and packages its products and is targeted at the SMSF market and younger investors. Customers can choose the core offer, which costs 30 basis points for 11 managed funds or beyond ...

Legal threats loom over poor SMSF advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
Some financial advisers and accountants that call themselves 'SMSF specialists' are ill-equipped to adequately advise on running a self-managed super fund - making them prime targets for litigation and causing reputational damage to the SMSF sector. ...

MLC head calls for truce after laying blame at industry funds door

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... rapid take-up of these funds when they are only appropriate for a small segment of the market. "I worry that the explosion of SMSF's is about fashion over fact - everyone wants one but most people don't understand what is involved in running one or have ...

SMSFs feeling the age gap

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
The ageing demographics of SMSF trustees may prove to be the real issue for the sector, but that isn't holding it back with rising growth rates and surging fund numbers, heard delegates at a Women in Super event yesterday. Speaking at the event, Sarah ...

SMSFs given leeway on property assets

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... arrangements that needed to be in place," said Peter Burgess, national technical director, SPAA. "This made it very difficult for SMSF trustees and advisers to use the limited recourse borrowing arrangement rules to invest in certain assets to build ...

Fortnum launches UMA to protect SMSF retirees

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
Fortnum Financial Advisers has launched a new unified managed account providing protection for self managed super funds in the pension draw down phase. The e-Clipse unified managed account (UMA), which is supported by global partners P2group and Milliman ...

SMSFs cash deposits reflect volatility

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... Investment Trends. This 'wall of cash', as the report calls it, has developed over the last two years as self-managed super funds (SMSF) trustees continue to distrust investment markets. As a result, the total cash and cash products held by SMSFs in ...