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What to expect from the Retirement Income Review

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
With the much-awaited final report expected to be handed down today, all eyes are on its findings. Here's what Rice Warner and Grattan Institute are expecting from it. A draft of the report was not circulated for stakeholder comment and the review ...

Super fund satisfaction mixed, SMSFs unhappy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... 1.9% to 64.4%. Public sector funds came out on top, with satisfaction increasing 1.6% to 72.7%. Interestingly, self-managed super funds were the only sector that saw a decrease in satisfaction, dropping 1.9% to 72.3% when compared to May 2019. At the ...

APRA funds can learn from SMSFs: Rice Warner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
Self-managed super funds have the edge over their APRA-regulated counterparts, according to insights from Rice Warner. Rice Warner said SMSFs cater well for retirees as their structures are more sensible and allow retirees to manage their finances properly. ...

New partner at Stanford Brown

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... Financial Services as a senior financial adviser, where he served on its management committee and focused on self-managed super funds. Before Profile, Stanford worked with William Buck for nine years, where he worked on the development of its wealth ...

Vanguard launches SMSF functionality

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
Vanguard has launched a self-managed super fund capability within its Personal Investor offering. Through Vanguard Personal Investor, SMSFs will be able to trade the top ASX shares by market capitalisation at $19.95 or 0.15% per trade (whichever amount ...

FIIG calls for taxation, regulatory overhaul

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
FIIG Securities has called on the government to impose structural changes to the Australian taxation system to see fixed income fairly promoted across all investor groups. In its submission to the Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue, FIIG said there ...

Super escapes COVID-19 hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... listed market falls thanks in part to their exposure to unlisted assets such as property and infrastructure. Self-managed super funds were hit in a similar vein to retail funds, realising a loss of $69.7 billion over the quarter. However, public sector ...

SMSF Association appoints deputy chief executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... administration Peter Burgess has been appointed deputy chief executive of the SMSF Association, returning to the self-managed super advocacy body after seven years at AMP. Burgess left the association in 2013 for AMP, having served as national technical ...

Members begin to turn on industry funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... public sector funds added 0.3% to their February result to sit at 74.5% customer satisfaction, just 0.5% behind self-managed super funds, which also gained 0.3%. Retail funds suffered too, but to a lesser extent, losing just 0.2% to sit at 60% customer ...

SMSF auditors come under fire

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
The corporate watchdog has disqualified, suspended and added additional conditions to six different self-managed super fund auditors as it works to ensure the industry meets competency and expertise standards. Auditors from around the country suffered ...