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Report assesses super allocation issues

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... Andrea Slattery, SPAA chief executive. Recent research by SPAA and Russell Investments showed that the proportion of SMSF trustees who believe that equities are too volatile has doubled to 32% this year, up from just 17%.

SMSFs the new retail

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... strategies, most of it is still being self directed by the trustees of the fund." Francois believes that as more SMSF trustees move into the retirement phase, the focus will shift to regular income-styled products. "The big thing for the sector is the ...

SMSFs focus on risk reduction: report

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... Superannuation' was commissioned by Russell and SPAA and conducted by independent research group CoreData. It surveyed SMSF trustees, non-trustees and professional SMSF advisers during November and December 2011. In total 1,406 Australian consumers were ...

BetaShares appoints new head of portfolio construction

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... him lead BetaShares' asset allocation and portfolio construction strategy. He'll also be educating advisers and SMSF trustees on exchange traded funds (ETF) and analytics. As well as setting up two businesses including Alpha Financial Products and LPAC ...

Property-reliant SMSFs face potential risks

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
Despite the increase in popularity of holding property investments among SMSF trustees, the practice comes with an element of danger, according to HLB Mann Judd. Information released in the most recent Mutiport SMSF portfolio analysis recorded a marginal ...

Macquarie partners with Class Super for SMSF offering

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
SMSF trustees and advisers will now have access to a new low cost investment offering of selected ASX-listed securities after a joint initiative by Macquarie Specialist Investments and Class Super. Available now, self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) ...

SMSFs shift focus to property

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
SMSF trustees are slowly embracing property investments for fund investment strategies after the passing of limited recourse borrowing rules, although cash still holds allocation majority. According to information released in the latest Multiport SMSF ...

Female SMSF trustees narrow gender gap

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... according to Australia's peak SMSF body. Pointing to recently released figures from the tax office that reveal 46% of SMSF trustees are female, compared with 34 % of APRA regulated funds, the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia ...

New Count chief talks products

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... then the industry or retail market but it has been tricky to figure out how to provide for this group," said Lane. "SMSF trustees are a very disparate group so it is not as clear to understand what they want but it is a big opportunity and Count has ...

Super industry responds to MYEFO

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... markets," said Michael Lorimer, chair of SISFA. "The Government is recognising the reality of the world situation for SMSF trustees and is doing their part to help."