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SPAA announces new chair

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has appointed Peter Crump as its new chair, replacing Andrew Hamilton. Crump has been on the SPAA board since 2010, and has been vice chairman for the past two years. A spokesperson for SPAA said ...

Ripoll demands parliamentary debate for FoFA reforms

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... rather than force changes through ministerial edict and enforced legislation," Ripoll said in a presentation to the 2014 SPAA SMSF National Conference held in Brisbane today. "The proposed winding back of the FoFA regulations is not good for the government ...

ASIC: no plans for SMSF balance threshold

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... financial planners from providing advice for self-managed superannuation funds with balances under $100,000. Speaking at the 2014 SPAA SMSF National Conference in Brisbane this morning ASIC commissioner Greg Tanzer responded to industry concern that ...

Looming pension deeming rules "lack clarity"

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
The changes to the deeming rules for account based pensions look likely to be passed by the Parliament this year, with SPAA warning SMSF trustees to be prepared despite the lack of available information. SPAA senior manager, technical and policy Jordan ...

SMSF industry welcomes more flexible penalties

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... breach rules has received general support from the self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) industry. Speaking at the 10th SPAA SMSF National Conference in Brisbane AMP SMSF head of policy & technical, Peter Burgess, said penalties that were introduced ...

Sinodinos rules out LRBA review for SMSFs

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... review into limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs), but emphasised that licensing is necessary. Speaking at the 2014 SPAA SMSF National Conference in Brisbane today, Sinodinos said that: "where someone provides advice incidental to own job ...

Planners not meeting SMSF trustee demands

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... report has shown. The research, conducted by CoreData and jointly issued by the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) and Russell Investments, found that SMSF trustees were sceptical about the value financial planners offer. One focus group ...

Consumers safe under FoFA changes: former judge

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... proposed changes to the Future of Financial Advice Reforms (FoFA), according to SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) patron Sir Anthony Mason. In his opening address to the 1,400-strong delegates at the 10th annual SPAA conference in Brisbane ...

Praemium launches SMSF functionality

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... obviating the need for data exports," he said. The software will be unveiled at the SMSF Professional Association of Australia (SPAA) national conference in Brisbane.

SPAA appoints COO with Olympic experience

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has appointed Jacqui Murdoch as its chief operating officer (COO) effective immediately. Murdoch established a management consultant company in 2006 that has won global contracts with the London ...