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SPAA welcomes Gov's tick of approval

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
A representative body for self managed superannuation fund professionals has welcomed a federal government decision to recognise its fund auditing qualification as a win for professionalism. The program offered by the SMSF Professionals' of Australia ...

Call for change follows Perpetual 57% profit fall

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... be incorporated into Fujitsu's operations. Perpetual Investments pulled out of the smartsuper self managed superannuation fund administration business, closed its Dublin-based share funds manufacturing capability, and appointed Wellington Management ...

My Adviser offers accountants licensing package

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
My Adviser group has launched a specialist authority licensee package to enable accountants to continue to provide advice on SMSFs and superannuation following the changes to the accountant exemption in the FOFA reforms. Currently, accountants can provide ...

Macquarie AS updates term deposit offering

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
Macquarie Adviser Services has updated its term deposit offering for advisers as the investment option grows in popularity among self managed superannuation funds. The update adds online maturities and data feed improvements that aim to streamline the ...

ASIC winds up unregistered managed investment scheme

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has obtained orders in the Supreme Court of New South Wales to wind up an unregistered managed investment scheme operated by Secured Bond Ltd. In proceedings on 28 May 2012, the Supreme Court also made ...

APRA: Third line of defence in Trio-style fraud

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
While accepting that the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority could have done more, deputy chairman Ross Jones has moved to distance the regulator from the Trio disaster, placing the blame with trustees and auditors. "APRA's prudential supervision ...

ATO clarifies borrowing issues for SMSFs

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
The Australian Tax Office has clarified what is meant by a 'single acquirable asset' and what constitutes repair or maintenance of an asset, according to the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia. The release of the Self Managed Superannuation ...

Macquarie Step now available on Macquarie Wrap

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
The latest offer of Macquarie Step can now be accessed and applied for online through the Investment Manager and Consolidator products on Macquarie Wrap. Macquarie Step features regular investment offers throughout the year with a series of underlying ...

Macquarie sees managed accounts surge

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
Macquarie Private Portfolio Management has signed white label and co-branded product agreements to provide individually and separately managed accounts to two groups with its distribution now reaching over 30 financial advisory dealer groups. The managed ...

Actuarial certificate delivery speeds up

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
Supercorp's self managed superannuation fund software superMate has teamed up with Bendzulla Actuarial to significantly speed up the delivery of actuarial certificates online. The new streamlined process for ordering certificates, which relate to exempt ...