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The $25 trillion decision US voters have to make

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... trustees adhere to their long-term investment strategies and don't have a kneejerk reaction to the election," SMSF Association chief executive and managing director Andrea Slattery said. Head of Framlington Equities Asia (AXA IM), Mark Tinker, agrees. ...

SMSF trustees remain prudent investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
... self-managed super are maintaining solid investment performance and managing portfolio diversification well. SMSF Association head of technical Peter Hogan said ATO statistics show that in four of the eight years from 2007 to 2014, SMSF returns outperformed ...

Reduced contribution cap hurts women, self-employed workers: SMSFA

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery said a reduced concessional contribution cap will disproportionately affect older workers, in particular women and those who are self-employed. Following the release of SMSF Association/Rice Warner research ...

Parliament goes to war on super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... would prevent 800,000 contractors, and non-unionised workers, getting the same deductions as everybody else." SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery said Labor's suggested policy is a shift in the wrong direction for our super. She said the ...

AMP subsidiary appoints SMSF executive manager

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
... appointed an executive manager, SMSF technical and private wealth. Graeme Colley joins SuperConcepts from the SMSF Association, where he was director, technical and professional standards. Prior to that, he was national manager technical at OnePath and ...

Super industry bodies unite over adequacy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
... Australia (ASFA), the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), Industry Super Australia (ISA), and the SMSF Association (SMSFA) all agree the current objective "fails to articulate the social goal of the system to maximize the number of ...

SMSF advisers face demanding year

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... clients as the Government seeks to implement its 2016-17 Budget superannuation measures. That was the message from SMSF Association head of policy Jordan George in his address to delegates at the association's twelfth annual technical conference in Sydney. ...

Half of SMSFs set for super change slug

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... it from superannuation altogether. That's according to modelling by actuaries Accurium in partnership with the SMSF Association. In a case study of a hypothetical 65 year old single male with an SMSF balance of $2.5 million and assets outside of super ...

SMSFA appoints corporate development GM

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
The SMSF Association has appointed a new general manager, corporate development. Craig Jameson was previously managing director at Super Concepts, before becoming director business operations at AMP SMSF. SuperConcepts was bought by SuperIQ in 2013 ...

ATO extends SuperStream deadline

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... made in a single transaction - even if they have their superannuation with different super funds," Haynes said. SMSF Association managing director and chief executive, Andrea Slattery said the ATO is to be applauded for adopting a flexible approach to ...