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More planners gain SMSF cred

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
SPAA has recorded a 20 per cent jump in advisers seeking self managed super fund (SMSF) specialist accreditation as planners embrace higher professional standards to cater for the biggest sub-segment of the superannuation industry. The increased demand ...

ETFs tough to white label

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... have very small activity on that one ETF," he said. ETFs have received the biggest support from self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees and boutique financial advisers. "Boutique financial advisers are definitely using ETFs more than the mainstream dealer ...

Olive branch for SMSF art investors

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... risk of personal interest outweighing key superannuation investment considerations. Changing to a SAF does not require the SMSF to be closed and its assets and members moved to another fund. In fact, the fund remains exactly as it is but an additional ...

Count buys stakes in Victorian and NSW practices

PRESS RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Count Financial subsidiary, Countplus, has bought stakes in two more businesses for just under $1 million in cash and shares. Countplus bought a 25 per cent share in Melbourne-based Kidmans Partners, an accounting and financial services firm with a ...

Perkovic pushes for FirstWrap market share

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... manager of distribution, is expanding the reach of CFS' FirstWrap platform by hiring a new head of platform sales and targeting SMSF planners. Perkovic said one of her key strategies for the FirstWrap platform, which has just under $1 billion under advice ...

Count expands lending

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... said, is in its existing client base. Half the group's accounting and advice business relates to the self managed super fund (SMSF) market - a market segment that is looking for lending alternatives for their business or for personal expansion, he added. ...

Multiport buys AR Group stake

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
Multiport has bought a stake in SMSF administration firm, AR Group. Multiport chief executive John McIlroy said, "The purchase was strategic to us as we are broadening our service offerings to appeal more to the accounting market." "The AR Group has ...

SMSF education gains traction

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
More than 700 new members have joined SMSF online resource centre, www.thesmsfreview.com.au in its first three weeks of launching. Paragem Dealer Services introduced the website to the financial planning community in late May. Ian Knox, managing director ...

Class Financial warns against poor SMSF admin

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
Class Financial Systems, an SMSF software platform provider warns planners against companies posing as SMSF administrators but don't have the right systems in place and could potentially lock planning groups into inflexible and pricey agreements. Class ...

Multiport appoints BDM

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... has joined Multiport as business development manager. He will be focusing on growing the self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) and managed account administration client base through dealer groups and accountancy practice alliances. He will also be ...