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Treasurer hints at super concession adjustments

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... spending review shortly, especially for very high earners. Speaking to an audience of industry professionals at the SMSF Association National Conference in Adelaide, the first time a person holding his office has addressed a conference, Morrison said ...

Regulators coordinating efforts to protect super

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... working in the country's self-managed superannuation sector are acting as they should do. In a panel session at the SMSF Association National Conference in Adelaide, Australian Taxation Office (ATO) commissioner Chris Jordan and Australian Securities ...

Labor eyes super for start-up boost

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... be done to boost investment in Australia's start-ups. Addressing an audience of industry professionals at the SMSF Association National Conference in Adelaide, Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Jim Chalmers, made the comments ...

Topdocs adds Commonwealth Bank integration

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
... work and less on administration." Topdocs will be demonstrating its new integration with CBA at the upcoming SMSF Association National Conference in Adelaide on 17-19 February 2016 (Stand No. 29).

Men more confident than women in managing SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
... men in managing their fund (83% to 62%), according to new research report produced by Commonwealth Bank and the SMSF Association. Released ahead of the SMSF Association's annual conference in Adelaide this week, the report surveyed 801 SMSF trustees ...

No change to super tax subsidy measure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... August although only 13 submissions were received. But despite the intense lobbying by groups that included the SMSF Association, the SMSF Owners Alliance, the Centre for Independent Studies, the Financial Services Council and the Chartered Accountants ...

Super lifetime cap could increase budget costs: Budget Office

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... system to make sure it properly looks after people in their retirement." Commenting on superannuation taxation, SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery said: "Voluntary contributions are supported by tax incentives to encourage people to sacrifice ...

FEATURE: The great race to invest

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... funds' asset allocation," Vanguard head of market strategy Robin Bowerman said when the report was released. The SMSF Association's director of technical and professional standards, Graeme Colley, warns against focusing on short term market returns when ...

SMSFs welcome no dumping of LRBAs

DARREN SNYDER  |  SUNDAY, 8 NOV 2015
... 'anecdotal concerns' with LRBAs, it does not consider there is sufficient data to justify any policy intervention," SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery said. "The government does recommend the monitoring of LRBAs by the Council of Financial ...

SMSFs and infrastructure a good investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
The SMSF Association has renewed calls for the federal government to open up infrastructure investment to self-managed superannuation funds. At a time when both the government and opposition are focused on raising billions of dollars in capital to meet ...