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Super changes push SMSFs through planner doors

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
Thanks to recent changes in superannuation laws, 55 per cent of all self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees now use planners, up from a third in December 2005, according the latest AMP/Investment Trends Self Managed Super Funds: Investor and Planner ...

CBA launches new instalment product

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has launched its latest regular instalments product, IYH, giving investors and trustees of Self-Managed Super Funds an opportunity to build their share portfolio without paying for all the securities up front. The IYH release ...

Talisman now KiwiSaver compliant

New Zealand-based ASB and Trustees Executors were among the funds that used the IT solutions of Australia-based software group Bravura Solutions to comply with the new KiwiSaver legislation. Bravura Solutions has upgraded a number of their clients ...

Regulators clamp down on illegal super schemes

... early access can be granted in certain circumstances but that people don't need to use a promoter."The service is free...trustees can apply to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) under specified compassionate grounds," she said. Michelle ...

BT appoints distribution head for SA and NT

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2007
... Australia (SPAA) member Neil Sparks joins BT from his previous role as SA/NT regional sales manager with Australian Executor Trustees. He brings 20 years industry experience to the role. "Neil's deep technical ability and networks in the area of self ...

ATO launches SMSF info service

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2007
... super funds (SMSF) has prompted the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to launch a regular newsletter service to alert trustees about upcoming management and legislation issues that will affect them. "We are working closely with industry to ensure the ...

Asset Super takes cash and splits

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2007
... Exact Cash fund. The move sees 55 per cent of the mandate go to ING, while 45 per cent will go to Perpetual. A push from trustees prompted the move, according to chief executive officer, John Paul. "The trustees were keen to look at opportunities to ...

MilitarySuper loses its chairman

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
... after a decade with the fund. Kiefel spent 10 years as the chairman of the Military Superannuation and Benefits Board of Trustees, stepping into the role when the fund managed less than $400 million in assets and leaving it with $2.6 billion. MilitarySuper ...

No special rules needed for PE: FSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2007
... introduce no special rules. The UK inquiry was called after a wave of private equity investments, fuelled by pension fund trustees looking to diversify their portfolios, started sweeping the market and upsetting sometimes conservative stakeholders. The ...

Investors extending their investment edge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
... The more unconstrained investment approach reflects the more lateral approach to investing now being adopted by fund trustees, following their wide adoption of hedge funds into mainstream investment thinking, said Craig Scholl, vice president of State ...