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More planners gain SMSF cred

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... also required, said SPAA. "Managing an SMSF requires a specific set of skills and knowledge. Our goal is for more SMSF trustees to understand the importance of specialist advice and to seek out SPAA accredited practitioners," she said.

SMSF education gains traction

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... since launch, together with over 17,000 page views. The site is being introduced as an online resource centre for SMSF Trustees and is an educational portal in line with the preliminary report of recommendations made by the Cooper panel last month. Its ...

Fixed income gains pace among SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... the report. Meanwhile, investors were still maintaining their increase in share allocations at the end of March. SMSF trustees boosted their asset allocation to equities from 32 per cent at the end of December 2008 to 42 per cent at the end of last year. ...

Wilson HTM targets SMSF sector

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
... expertise with its financial planning arm to ramp up their service to clients. Wilson HTM is particularly targeting SMSF trustees with service suite. This isn't unchartered territory for Wilson HTM given the firm's average stockbroking client's book ...

Cooper wants collectables banned from SMSFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... recommendations of the Cooper Review released today.In the SMSF Phase Three - Preliminary Report, the panel acknowledged SMSF trustees should be free to choose investments but that 'collectables' and personal use assets by trustees should no longer be ...

Accounting bodies launch SMSF learning tool

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... Chartered Accountants in Australia and the National Institute of Accountants to develop a free online training tool for SMSF trustees. The tool, Self Managed Superannuation Fund Trustee Education Program, is a public interest initiative of the Joint ...

More SMSFs comply with ATO rules

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... taxation at the Australian Tax Office, has commended the self managed super fund (SMSF) industry after the number of SMSF trustees that lodged their returns on time rose 11 per cent on the prior lodgement period. Speaking at the SMSF Professionals' Association ...

Planners locked out of SMSFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... fee-for-service model for SMSFs. He added the remuneration proposal could reduce the pool of financial planners that SMSF trustees can choose from. However, the idea of restricting remuneration structures may not be very significant given the majority ...

Cooper Review calls for SMSF structure overhaul

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... disputes in among SMSF members is through the court system which can be time consuming and costly. Colley said forcing SMSF trustees to use a third party custodian would not eliminate situation of illegal early release because the trustee still holds ...

SMSFs turn to advisers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... they receive. The RaboPlus SMSF annual survey, which was conducted by Celsius Research and involves more than 500 SMSF trustees, found 44 per cent of trustees had consulted a financial adviser in the past 12 months. In addition, when making changes to ...