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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 ...

SPAA awards industry's best

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
The Self Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) recognised the best and brightest professionals in the sector with Jenny Power and Joanne Heighway winning the Chairman's Award and CEO Scholarship respectively. At the SPAA ...

ATO targets early access and in-house rules

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... is 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
This year the Self Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) will get more involved in parliamentary inquiries, add more staff to provide a better service to members and change its advertising campaign. Speaking yesterday at ...

SPAA membership rises 50 pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
The Self Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) saw membership jump 50 per cent in a year as service providers seek greater professional recognition. Speaking at the SPAA conference in Adelaide, Graeme Colley, SPAA chair ...

Three firms wound up by ASIC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
The Supreme Court of New South Wales has wound up three companies promoted by Online Super Pty Ltd (Online Super) following an application by ASIC. ASIC brought its application following an investigation which raised concerns that Mt Whitsunday Pty ...

Women take control of finances

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... they placed more trust in past returns and seek a safe expected rate of return compared to 41 per cent of men. Self managed super funds (SMSF) are also a preferred super vehicle among women, with women aged between 40 to 59 more likely to have an SMSF ...

Options for retiring SMSF trustees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
A growing number of self managed super funds (SMSFs) could soon convert into Small APRA Funds (SAFs) in tandem with longevity issues facing SMSF trustees. Michael Hutton, head of wealth management at accountants and advisers HLB Mann Judd Sydney, says ...

SuperCentral hires Negline

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
SuperCentral has hired Tony Negline as a consultant to promote the firm's online self managed super fund (SMSF) trust deed update service. Negline previously worked at ING Australia and opened his own consultancy business in 2001. He will promote SuperCentral ...