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IPA and SPAA sign SMSF collaboration agreement

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... medium accounting practice sectors and the services provided by SPAA. Our focus is to drive innovation in the way the profession is supported to help our members who in turn assist the growth of their clients." SPAA Chief Executive Officer Andrea Slattery ...

SelfWealth announces tie up with iShares

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
SelfWealth has partnered with BlackRock's exchange traded fund (ETF) giant iShares to allow self-directed investors to view and follow professional fund manager portfolios via its platform. The tie-up opens the door for SelfWealth clients to buy model ...

Deferred annuity tax reforms safeguard retirees

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
Reforms to the tax treatment of deferred lifetime annuity (DLA) products has added greater security for Australian retirees, according to Towers Watson. The new rules, if enshrined by legislation, remove inconsistencies between the manner deferred annuities ...

Retraction: Walther resigns from PIS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
Peter Walther has resigned from his position as chief executive of Professional Investment Services (PIS), according to a company statement. John de Zwart, managing director and chief executive officer at parent company Centrepoint Alliance, has been ...

REST granted MySuper authorisation

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
REST Industry Super (REST) has become the latest fund to receive a MySuper authorisation from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). The fund will offer members a MySuper option, that includes a single diversified investment option ...

New framework to improve company reporting

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) has launched the consultation draft of a new Integrated Reporting Framework (IRF) aimed at improving company reporting. The draft Framework is open for public consultation from today and for a period ...

First State Super CIO departs

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
First State Super (FSS) chief investment officer Mark Sainsbury will retire from his position and leave the fund in May 2013. His departure follows the the appointment of Richard Brandweiner as director of investment services last week. Brandweiner ...

Professional Associations Super rebrands to Kinetic Super

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
The divisions of Professional Associations Super (PASL) will consolidate to form the new brand, Kinetic Super. RecruitmentSuper, Accountants Super, Australian Enterprise super and SMART pension will sit under the Kinetic Super brand name and will launch ...

Sherry joins calls to watch SMSF property spruikers

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
Former Australian Minister for Superannuation Nick Sherry has become the latest high profile figure to raise concerns about property "sharks" preying on Australian's superannuation savings. Speaking at the CPA's annual self-managed superannuation funds ...

Reversal of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... predictions for more job losses down the track. But you have to ask yourself, could these experts of the economics profession again be wrong - or more kindly, wrong-footed? Jobs grew more than seven times higher than the average estimate in February. ...