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Don't meddle with super industry bodies warn Govt

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... what's required to achieve that, to being a consideration about tax concessions," Slattery said. Slattery noted that SMSF sector represents nearly one million trustees that oversee nearly $500 billion in funds under management. SPAA CEO also said that ...

SMSF trustees confident backing their limited advice

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... investments (71%) and Australian equities (70.2%) were the two most advised areas by financial planners working with the SMSF sector in 2012, the report said. Cash and term deposits made up 33.9% of SMSF investments in 2012, an increase on 2011 when ...

SMSF popularity belies fickle performance

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2013
... returns may be getting less than they bargained for, new Rainmaker research shows. The unprecedented growth of the SMSF sector has eclipsed regular funds in recent years. The latest data from the Australian Tax Office (ATO) shows that there were 35,276 ...

SPAA welcomes Gov's tick of approval

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... Professionals' of Australia (SPAA) has always been about raising the bar to the highest possible standards for auditors in the SMSF sector, and the government clearly agrees, said Andrea Slattery, SPAA chief executive. Under a new government SMSF auditing ...

Brett Kenny joins SPAA board

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... fund sector. SPAA CEO Andrea Slattery welcomes Kenny to the SPAA board, and expects his work and experience in the SMSF sector to provide invaluable support to their members. "Our sector has witnessed a lot of regulatory changes this year, with many ...

Flexibility not returns, drive SMSFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... more often than three monthly," noted the RWA report. While the wealth sector has major ambitions for penetrating the SMSF sector, Rice said SMSF trustees were ambivalent about using advisers while no link was found between SMSF returns and their use ...

Investors more satisfied with SMSF than pooled funds

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... funds. "With growing competition between the industry and retail funds for market share and the rapid expansion of the SMSF sector, satisfaction with financial performance is increasingly a factor that fund managers should be taking notice of," Morris ...

SMSF members still happiest

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... that with growing competition between the industry and retail funds for market share and the rapid expansion of the SMSF sector, satisfaction with financial performance will become an even stronger factor for disgruntled fund members. While there is ...

Mortgage brokers told to target SMSFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... property, noted analysis of the sector by Rainmaker that was released earelier this year. Lee said the growth in the SMSF sector creates significant opportunities for brokers to specialise and to strengthen their SMSF client relationships. "There is ...

AMP Capital chases Asian growth

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... said any additional acquisitions would be at the small end of the scale. "We're keen to expand our exposure to the SMSF sector and we may look at something there to build up our scale quickly and take advantage of the enormous growth and opportunity ...