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Super tax concession policy 'fatally flawed': SPAA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... earnings of superannuation investments and from withdrawals. SPAA's director of technical and professional standards Graeme Colley said there are two things stopping the government from taking a longer term, more comprehensive view. The first is an "outdated" ...

SPAA, Deloitte join calls for SG deferral rethink

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... SG from 9% to 12%, in a bid to save the country $1.1 billion. SPAA head of technical and professional standards Graeme Colley said the delay would reduce the adequacy of Australians' retirement savings. "SPAA would ask the Coalition to think carefully ...

Budget gets nod of approval from industry bodies

JAMES FERNYHOUGH, MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... incomes regime." SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) head of technical and professional standards Graeme Colley also welcomed the lack of surprises. "We are pleased that, aside from a few minor technical amendments, the Government stuck ...

SPAA gives support to Council of Super Custodians

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
... bring certainty and a bi-partisan approach to superannuation," SPAA Director, Technical and Professional Standards, Graeme Colley said. "It's SPAA's contention that superannuation should be sacrosanct, just like the family home, and we see the establishment ...

SPAA approves government's response to Trio reports

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... on that sector of the industry where the misconduct occurred," SPAA director education and Professional Standards Graeme Colley said. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) welcomed the Government's response. "The FPA supports all recommendations that ...

SPAA backs limited recourse borrowing rule changes

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... the part of SMSF trustees when considering such arrangements. SPAA education and professional standards director Graeme Colley said that while there is a place for gearing strategies to help people grow their retirement savings, investors must recognise ...

Highly educated SMSF investors prime fraud targets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... executive of the ACC adding that an "alarming number" of fraudulent operations were based in South-East Asia. While Graeme Colley, director of the SMSF professionals' Association of Australia said the report was "plain commonsense," he referred to the ...

Breach in contrib caps should not be taken for revenue: CPA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... and there is confusion leading to unnecessarily penalising people." Andrea Slattery, chief executive officer and Graeme Colley, director of education and professional standards at Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) ...

Colley departs OnePath for SPAA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
OnePath's head of technical sales strategy Andrew Lowe will cover the position of national technical manager Graeme Colley following his departure, the company has told Financial Standard. Colley is leaving OnePath after more than 10 years to take up ...

Planners commission ban skips property

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... target the $430 billion SMSF market. Yet there are serious warnings about the potential pitfalls for planners, said Graeme Colley, director and chair of the Regulatory Committee, SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA). "The role of the financial ...