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Compensation opposed for SMSFs: SPAA

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... Sinodinos, SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery said: "the guiding philosophy underpinning self-managed super is that trustees/members take responsibility for their own retirement income outcomes." Recently Sinodinos, said that the SMSF sector needed ...

EQT charitable trust distribute over $14.5 million

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
Equity Trustees' (EQT) 206 charitable trusts distributed more than $14.5 million in 2013, following the directions and wishes of the trusts' founders. The charitable trusts managed by Equity Trustees total more than $490 million in value and are comprised ...

Hamilton calls for stricter SMSF licensing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... funds which have been established which would not meet these minimum equity balances. This places the fund, members and trustees in a difficult position if the investment doesn't perform exactly as or better than projected," he said. He added that tighter ...

No silver bullet for gender equity in super: WIS

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... between men and women, according to Women in Super chair and president of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees president Cate Wood. Speaking at the Women's Super Summit in Melbourne this morning, Wood said that without changes the current ...

EQT reports lift in profits

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
Equity Trustees (EQT) has announced a 16.3% year-on-year lift in half-year revenue and a 21.6% increase in net profit after tax for the six months to 31 December 2013. Net profit after tax rose for the second half of 2013 rose to $5.4 million from $4.4 ...

ATO figures nail in coffin for SMSF critics: SPAA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
Pension withdrawal trends demonstrate that self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees are using their funds responsibly, according to the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA). According to Australian Tax Office figures, in the 2011-12 financial ...

SPAA questions 'free lunch' SMSF service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
... system" Colley also said the service may limit the range of assets in which the SMSF can invest. He urged potential SMSF trustees to do careful research before starting an SMSF. SPAA's membership includes a large contingent of financial advisers who ...

New ATO powers to decrease SMSF 'delinquency'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
... self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) on a sliding scale will provide a more nuanced way of penalising 'delinquent trustees', according to Superannuation Australia's Reece Agland. Currently, the ATO has only blunt methods of penalising SMSFs that ...

FPA condemns FoFA fear mongers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
... sensible centre or risk further scandals in the financial planning industry." The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, the peak body for the not-for-profit super sector, said the amendments "could make simple financial advice less accessible ...

Men continue to dominate super fund boards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... of women on superannuation fund boards has risen by 6% since 2006, but men still comprise 78% of superannuation fund trustees. While this figure compares favourably to the percentage of women on ASX 200 boards - 15.8% according to 2013 figures - it lags ...