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SMSF numbers show huge jump

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2007
Self managed superannuation fund (SMSF) manager Super Concepts has recorded a 177 per cent increase in funds established last financial year, pushing funds under administration over the $2 billion mark. The growth spurt marks a 21 per cent increase ...

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 ...

Avoid mistakes and we'll minimise regulation: Pearce

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2007
... resolve any concerns over conflicts of interest, "transparency is an effective approach & but it's not the only tool as the law says advisers must do all things possible to manage these conflicts." But the government will not be banning commissions because ...

VFMC gets centralised

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2007
The Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) has appointed Vanguard to manage their new Centralised Portfolio Management (CPM) system. A relatively new concept in Australia, Vanguard pioneered the technique in 2004 with MLC. VFMC is introducing ...

Labour calls for fin services tax reforms

... administrative burden it places on Australian managed funds and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT). A rewrite of the tax law, he said, would help cut compliance costs for managed funds and REITS, as well as update antiquated tax laws that reduce the ...

ASFA changes guard

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2007
Pauline Vamos, former principal of Vamos Consulting, has been appointed new chief executive of ASFA, starting early September 2007. ASFA's membership base made up of industry funds, corporate, public sector and retail funds, service providers and individual ...

MLC appoints corporate super head

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
MLC today announced the appointment of Manda Vulic as head of product - corporate superannuation. Vulic is responsible for developing and managing MLC's corporate superannuation, including MLC MasterKey Business Super. She has been with the company ...

Economic round-up: Cheeseburger bill meets fat tax

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2007
Where legislation fails taxation often takes over and, following on from the cheeseburger bill, UK doctors and the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit are now debating a fat tax. And what in the name of Ronald Macdonald is a 'Cheeseburger Bill'? When it's ...

AMG answers demand for US boutiques

Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), an American asset manager that part-owns established boutique funds, has quietly amassed $8 billion in Australian mandates and hopes to make a bigger splash later this year through the launch of new global products. ...

Member TFNs now law but problems persist

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2007
Fund members not wanting to lose their superannuation tax concessions are, since 1 July, required to supply their Tax File Number (TFN) to their fund, but that doesn't mean concerns about how the legislation operates have subsided. Josel Ginsburg, a ...