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SPAA raises alarm on draft SMSF rules

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
... introduce, if passed unchanged, from 1 July this year specific prohibitions against related party transactions and force trustees to get an independent valuation for other off market transactions. The legislation is the government's response to the Cooper ...

EQT lodges bidder statement for the Trust Co

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
Equity Trustees made public today the bidder statement for its offer for the Trust Company and lodged it to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the ASX and the Trust Company itself. The document provides key information about ...

Need action on diversity not just a policy: ACSI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... woman on the board and 16% of all company directors are women, a figure that is slowly catching up the ratio of women trustees of not-for-profit super funds. This ratio however matches the proportion of women on European and US company boards, according ...

Dividend stocks ideal for SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
Self-managed super fund trustees must consider having a solid exposure to dividend stocks even as they move into retirement, according to Legg Mason. As investors approach retirement their saving priorities change from growing their pension pot to preserving ...

EQT appoints former Invesco state mgr

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
Listed financial services company Equity Trustees Limited (EQT) announced today the appointment of Ron Grima as Queensland key account manager. Grima will be responsible for maintaining and developing relationships with Queensland-based advisers and ...

ATO upgrades SMSF and SuperSeeker website

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
The Australian Taxation Office is conducting a survey of SMSF trustees to investigate if it should put more SMSF tax interpretations on their website. To ascertain the type of SMSF information trustees and service providers want, they are conducting ...

Morningstar Australia announces 2013 award winners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... Category, Australia Winner - Perennial Investment Partners Finalists Franklin Templeton Multisector Bond PIMCO/Equity Trustees Domestic Equities Category, Australia Winner - Hyperion Asset Management Finalists Investors Mutual, Perpetual Investments ...

Peer-to-peer portfolio benchmarking gains appeal

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... monthly fee. Founding managing director Andrew Ward initially thought that the platform would draw self-managed super fund trustees but instead saw rapid take-up by GenX and GenY investors. Four months after the business kicked off, around 33 per cent ...

Smart beta ETF take-up to double in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... the popularity of 'smart beta' exchange traded funds (ETFs) to double by the end of the year. According to UBS, SMSF trustees' and financial advisers' rising acceptance of these types of products is fuelling rapid growth in the sector. Where traditional ...

Takeover to drive $8m in savings

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... bid for rival The Trust Company is a success, the combined businesses will enjoy $8 million a year in savings, Equity Trustees has told shareholders. Yesterday Equity Trustees said that it would try and buy its competitor The Trust Company. In a letter ...