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SMSFs get "kick up the pants"

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
The self managed super fund (SMSF) industry needs to act fast to allay government concerns on governance and education or face more crippling regulation, according to industry experts. Speaking at a roundtable following minister for superannuation and ...

SMSFs beat the market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
The average self managed super fund (SMSF) posted a gross loss of more than 11 per cent in the twelve months to June last year, beating the S&P/ASX 100 over the same period, according to new research. Using Praemium data which contained around 4,500 ...

Contributions surge to 25pc of wages

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... while contributions into SMSFs in 2007-08 were up 37 per cent annually since the year before BetterSuper. Explaining why the SMSF contribution figures were revised so extensively, a statement by the ATO said, "The inclusion of 2006-07 SMSF income tax ...

SPAA awards industry's best

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... Heighway was awarded the CEO Scholarship for her work within SPAA over the past five years and after becoming one of the first SMSF Specialist Advisors (SSA) and SMSF Specialist Auditors (SSAud). The SPAA Prize for the Professional Certificate in Self ...

ATO targets early access and in-house rules

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... targeting illegal early access to retirement savings and stepping up its compliance activities to ensure self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees don't break the law. Speaking at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) conference yesterday ...

SPAA reloads for 2009

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... advertising campaign is also under review. Colley said SPAA is assessing how effective an online advertising campaign would be to SMSF professionals. "A key criticisms of the [previous] ad campaign was that it didn't receive wide enough publicity so ...

SPAA membership rises 50 pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... Adelaide, Graeme Colley, SPAA chair, said the association now has more than 1,500 members. "SPAA's aim to have a specialist SMSF professional advising, to some extent, in every superannuation fund by 2011 is certainly well on the way," he said. Andrea ...

SMSFs get web upgrade

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... Online portfolio administration solution provider Multiport has unveiled a string of upgrades to its self-managed super fund (SMSF) solution in a bid to help SMSF advisers. Following the upgrade, advisers who use Multiport can get daily information on ...

SMSFs breach asset rules

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
More than half of all SMSF fund breaches last year were due to the fund breaking their "in-house asset" rules, according to a new study, with some trustees effectively using their super fund as their personal cheque account. The latest research from ...

Govt move aids planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... Australia (ASFA), the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) and Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA) also supported the move. "Self funded retirees have been amongst the hardest ...