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SMSFs and mergers drive Macq property fund growth

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
Macquarie Direct Property Fund (MDPF) today announced assets under management increased by almost 200 per cent over the past 12 months through a series of mergers and acquisitions that tipped in over $800m. The fund also experienced another successful ...

BT appoints distribution head for SA and NT

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2007
... Financial Group has appointed a new head of distribution for South Australia and the Northern Territory. Self-managed super fund (SMSF) specialist and SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) member Neil Sparks joins BT from his previous role ...

Macq banks on appetite for gearing into super

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2007
... super funds were able to invest in limited recourse instalment warrants was also a boon. "This is fantastic news for all SMSF investors as it should at last provide certainty as to the eligibility of gearing, via Instalments, within their funds."

AIG and netwealth ride again

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
... after a five month review. AIG's retail offering will also be rolled out later in the year for netwealth's wrap service and SMSF clients. Matt Heine, director of distribution and marketing, said, "The key selection criteria we focused on were premiums ...

ATO launches SMSF info service

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2007
The BetterSuper inspired push for self-managed super funds (SMSF) has prompted the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to launch a regular newsletter service to alert trustees about upcoming management and legislation issues that will affect them. "We ...

SMSF property lending of high Calliva

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
... yesterday announced the launch of a new property lending product called SuperAccess, targeting self-managed super funds (SMSF) by allowing trustees to borrow up to 70 per cent of a property's value. Explaining the product, Calliva chief executive officer ...

Dutton allows warrants back on SMSF menu

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
... any asset a fund would be permitted to invest in directly". The move removes the uncertainty hanging over the $230 billion SMSF industry, following the November decision to prevent funds from investing in warrants as the Assistant Treasurer and the ATO ...

Share ownership down but trading activity up: ASX

There are less mum-and-dad investors in the market but they are trading more frequently and placing bigger bets, according to the latest Share Ownership Study by the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). This is the tenth study conducted by the ASX ...

Compliance pushes SMSFs in new direction

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
... with a 40 per cent increase over the last two or three years. "The ability for the clients to outsource as much of it (their SMSF) as possible into an investment (makes) a platform very attractive," he said. Along with the move towards platforms and ...

LIFT's SMSF gearing product on the up

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
Independent financial services group LIFT Capital's unique SuperLIFT Self Managed Super Funds (SMSF) gearing product is less than a year old, but is already used by almost 80 adviser groups. The product, designed to take advantage of the $1m personal ...