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Simple diversification better than 'smart beta'

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... have done better though, and of course, they are also cheaper," Westaway told delegates at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) conference in Melbourne. "Don't overweight your portfolios as if you know - stay diversified and stay the ...

Some auditors won't be counted

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... will be rejected, warned the boss of Australia's corporate regulator. Speaking yesterday at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) annual conference in Melbourne, Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) boss Greg Tanzer ...

Beans means Buffet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... Bloomberg." (Bloomberg). Investors remain rationally exuberant - they're not overly bullish...yet. The latest American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) investor sentiment survey, dated 13 February 2013, showed that only 42.3% of investors were ...

Ex-drug dealers now hitting-up SMSFs: ACC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... less chance of being caught. ACC executive director David Lacey warned delegates attending the SMSF Professionals' association of Australia (SPAA) national conference yesterday that criminal groups, mostly based in South East Asia, are running sophisticated ...

Industry urged to understand changes to transfer rules

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... listed assets into self managed super funds. Speaking yesterday at the opening session of the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) national conference, SPAA technical director Peter Burgess reminded delegates that this year it would become ...

Broken 'contribs law' needs fixing: SPAA

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... superannuation fund are not working and need to be changed, an industry expert said yesterday. Speaking at SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia's ( SPAA) conference in Melbourne, SPAA technical director Peter Burgess said the system needs to ...

SMSF trustees confident backing their limited advice

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... with self managed super funds, diversify their portfolios better. Launched on the eve of the 2013 SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) national conference by both SPAA and Russell Investments, and conducted by research group Core Data ...

Most DIY funds won't change allocations in retirement

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... to change their asset allocations or had already done so. Yesterday Russell Investments and The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) released a joint report, conducted by research-group Core Data, that revealed only 43.9% of retired trustees ...

Aust custody and admin sector hits $2 trillion

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... data released by peak industry body ACSA today. Industry statistics released by the Australian Custodial Services Association revealed stronger growth in non-Australian assets under custody (14.5%) compared to Australian assets under custody (6.7%) for ...

FoFA anxiety remains high: FPA

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
... regulation are the main concerns for financial planning businesses in the current environment, said the Financial Planning Association after a survey. Recent research shows that Future of Financial Advice compliance and the cost of regulation are the ...