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Multiport hits $2bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... enough SMSF's to provide in-house assistance and outsource to us, while others feel that the level of service that SMSF trustees are demanding is beyond what accounting practices have typically provided."

SMSFs in share buying mood

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... positive with 23% while 38% were neutral as to the immediate future of equities. AMSA chairman Grant Abboot said that SMSF trustees directly invest more than $160 billion in Australian equities, with tens of billions more through managed funds and listed ...

SMSFs feeling the age gap

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
The ageing demographics of SMSF trustees may prove to be the real issue for the sector, but that isn't holding it back with rising growth rates and surging fund numbers, heard delegates at a Women in Super event yesterday. Speaking at the event, Sarah ...

SMSFs given leeway on property assets

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... needed to be in place," said Peter Burgess, national technical director, SPAA. "This made it very difficult for SMSF trustees and advisers to use the limited recourse borrowing arrangement rules to invest in certain assets to build for their retirement," ...

SMSFs cash deposits reflect volatility

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... Trends Self Managed Super Funds (SMSF) Report, released yesterday, found market volatility was the main cause behind SMSF trustees preference for cash products with excess cash attributing to 35% of SMSFs' total cash holdings. This is down from 53% in ...

Tax rules set for TPD insurance deductibility

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... totally and permanently disabled. David Busoli, national head of education for Cavendish Superannuation said while SMSF trustees would prefer the premiums for "own" TPD insurance to be 100% deductible, the new legislation would make tax deductions easier ...

SMSFs stockpiling cash, weighted to banks

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... 2%. John McIlroy, chief executive of Multiport, said money was moving to the sidelines. "There is nervousness in SMSF trustees for putting more money into sharemarket-based investments in the current environment," he said. Aaron Dunn, managing director ...

SMSF body moves against super death tax

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... David Busoli of SMSF specialist firm Cavendish also highlighted the point yesterday. The issue is a red flag to SMSF trustees as real estate held for a long time has usually increased by a large amount in dollar terms, partly thanks to inflation. It ...

New tool launched to gear SMSFs into property

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
Self-managed super administration provider Multiport has launched a new package to help SMSF trustees gear property into SMSFs and invited financial planners to a roundtable discussion debating the merits of property in super. At the luncheon in Sydney ...

Class Super adds actuarial SMSF service

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... chief operating officer, Class Super. Bendzulla provides actuarial services to accountants, financial planners and SMSF trustees. In February, Class Super agreed a deal to integrate with financial advisory software provider AdviserLogic.