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Association and regulator join forces for industry benefit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
... Slattery explained that, in practice, the partnership will be about developing the knowledge and competency of the SMSF professionals and trustees via shared research and knowledge projects and increasing the efficiency of dealings between the sector ...

Slattery steps down from SMSF Association

ALEX BURKE, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
... with the appointment of her successor. Slattery has been chief executive of the SMSF Association, formerly the SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA), since its formation in 2003. During that period, she presided over the industry's key representative ...

SMSF advisers face demanding year

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... smartphone app showed that delegates were overwhelmingly in favour or such a move. Another poll showed most SMSF professionals were more relaxed about the $1.6 million cap with some indicating they thought the measure was understandable in ensuring the ...

SMSFs attract too much criticism

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... in a presentation at the SMSF Association National Conference. Burgess opened his presentation by praising SMSF professionals for quietly getting on with business in the face of hostile media, which has attacked limited recourse borrowing arrangements ...

SMSF Association introduces new accreditation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... which includes an 'Accountant Licensing Solution' diagnostic tool. "We have built a career pathway for all SMSF professionals and it is this professionalism, reinforced by strong ethical standards, which sets the SMSF Association members apart in a competitive ...

SPAA rebrands as SMSF Association

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has renamed itself the SMSF Association. According to SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery, the change occurred because the organisation needs to "[reflect] the importance of the SMSF ...

SMSF sector enters next phase

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... for SMSFs. There is still a large amount of money being rolled into SMSFs, but the trend is changing," the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) director of technical and professional standards Graeme Colley said. He attributed the shift ...

BMR integrates Xero SMSF practice management software

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... records in Xero Practice Manager - ideally to under 15 minutes. In a recent interview with Financial Standard, SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia chief executive Andrea Slattery discussed the growing importance of new technology in SMSF administration. ...

SPAA backs government position on SMSFs

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) chief executive Andrea Slattery said that reassurances by Treasurer Joe Hockey and Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg about the Government's support for the key principles of superannuation are ...

MLC partners with SPAA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
MLC has partnered with the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) to provide advisers with self-managed super fund (SMSF) advice accreditation, training and support. Under the scheme, MLC and NAB licensees who attain SPAA accreditation ...