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ATO launches auditor software

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) is giving self managed super fund (SMSF) auditors a helping hand with eSAT, a electronic superannuation compliance audit tool. The audit tool provides a reference feature, relevant case studies and a list of questions ...

Austock MA service signs six

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
... Administration Services named the Professional Portfolio Service, targets financial planning dealer groups and self managed super funds (SMSFs). The partnership provides clients with direct ownership of a customised portfolio that is managed by Austock ...

Super Concepts scores $600m admin coup

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
Self managed super fund (SMSF) administrator, Super Concepts, is to administer approximately $150 million on behalf of 154 CommSec clients, a deal signed four months after YourChoice clients, with $450 million in SMSF assets, also moved to the ING-owned ...

SMSF industry needs official auditors: SPAA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
Growing scrutiny on the self managed super fund (SMSF) industry highlights the importance of an accredited SMSF auditors, according to the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA). Chris Pearce, shadow minister for financial services, superannuation ...

PowerSuper launches warrant product

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
Self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees have more options to purchase property after PowerSuper launched its warrant loan product. The product uses funding from ING DIRECT and is structured to ensure the SMSF trustee has complete control of the investment. ...

Aviva offers pensioner relief after redemption freeze

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
Aviva Australia has taken the extraordinary step to provide self-funded retirees and self managed super fund (SMSF) members on its Navigator platform their 'full' pension payments until the end of this year, when those payments would have been significantly ...

ATO security blunder sparks review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) is issuing more than 3,000 self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees with new tax file numbers and reviewing its security measures after it lost a CD containing highly sensitive trustee information. The tax file numbers ...

Trustee education top issue for SMSFs: Pearce

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
The key issue facing self-managed super funds is trustee training and education, said Chris Pearce, Shadow Minister for Financial Services. "It is my understanding that most self managed superannuation trustees are well equipped to make sound judgments ...

Perpetual seeks SMSF leadership role

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
Perpetual is striving for a leadership position in the Self Managed Super Fund (SMSF) sector to prevent over-regulation and ensure trustees can access the right information fresh after purchasing SMSF administration firm, smartsuper. Andrew Bloore ...

Macq inv lending sale won't hit Lever

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
Macquarie Bank's decision to sell its $3 billion investment lending arm is not expected to affect its Self Managed Super Fund (SMSF) leveraged property product, Property Lever. Dean Firth, Macquarie relationship banking executive director, said the ...