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SMSF expert joins boutique investment house

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
A self-managed superannuation industry stalwart has taken on a board advisory role with a boutique funds management firm. Former SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery will advise the board of fund manager and individually managed account ...

SMSFs investing restrictions unfair: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
Self-managed super funds have been unfairly subjected to too much red tape, according to Financial Standard's latest survey. Last week's poll reveals more than half (51%) of readers believe SMSFs bear the brunt of numerous government restrictions and ...

SMSF pool still ripe for financial advice: AMP

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
Self-managed super fund trustees seeking financial advice jumped 6% last year, and they are hungry for further advice, according to AMP Capital research. Sixty-three per cent of SMSF trustees told AMP Capital they would entertain further financial advice ...

Optimo adds SMSF modelling to platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
Optimo Financial has enhanced its paraplanning software Pathfinder Online to include self-managed super fund modelling capabilities. Pathfinder, an online modelling platform, allows financial advisers to create projections for up to 20 years that cover ...

SG non-compliance declining: ATO

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... to pay employee SG contributions to super funds, and provide the money and data in an electronically format. Self-managed super funds and APRA-regulated funds also fall within the SuperStream remit. Prior to the 2010 Cooper Review, in which SuperStream ...

ASIC fees to more than double

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
The cost of doing business with the corporate regulator has gone up under draft legislation supporting the new funding model for ASIC, released by Treasury yesterday. Under the draft reforms, the hourly rate charged by ASIC will more than double from ...

ASIC disqualifies two SMSF auditors

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
ASIC disqualified two self-managed super fund auditors - one in South Australia and one in the ACT - for breaching independence requirements. The South Australian auditor, John Tretola, was found to have breached his independence requirements of APES ...

Contango restructure sees reduced headcount

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... the institutional market and focus on the parts of our business that were growing - namely, the self-directed self-managed super market," Switzer continued. "We've been experiencing significant growth and we've done a lot of work in the retail market ...

Industry welcomes pensioners' dividend tax policy exemption: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... generating an "unfair revenue leakage" that puts a tax burden on low and middle income earners, but enables self-managed super funds (SMSFs) to significantly benefit, Bowen said. Last week, Bowen introduced the Pensioner Guarantee policy to shield pensioners ...

Labor's amended cash dividend refunds fall short: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
The Labor Party's attempt to protect age pensioners from its proposed excess dividend imputation credits reform still falls short, the SMSF Association says. Labor introduced the Pensioner Guarantee yesterday as a way to protect pensioners from abolishing ...