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AIST CEO asks for long term changes in super

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
... regulatory changes, communicating better with their members and avoiding high net wealth member migration to Self Managed Super Funds (SMSF). "The trustees need to convey to the members that they are in control, that they know what they're doing with ...

AMP SMSF appoints Burgess as new policy head

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
AMP SMSF has appointed Peter Burgess to the new role of head of policy and technical. Burgess will be responsible for interpreting SMSF legislation to help with the development of SMSF advice as well as technical support for AMP's aligned planner network. ...

Superannuation to wield $6tr muscle by 2030

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2013
... become harder for the government to fund the pension system." Trafford-Walker also predicted a slowdown of Self Managed Super Funds (SMSF) compared with the phenomenal growth the sector has enjoyed today. "The number of SMSF will stabilise or fall as ...

SMSFs on track to reach $500bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
The self managed super fund segment is on track to break through $500 billion by June this year, according Deloitte Actuaries and Consultants. Pushing them through this threshold is the strong rebound in equity markets that holds an estimated one-quarter ...

SPAA raises alarm on draft SMSF rules

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
Draft legislation rules for self managed super funds on related party transactions has alarmed industry association SPAA, which claims the provisions are unnecessarily complex and will add compliance costs. The new provisions are contained in Schedule ...

Magellan wins $3bn milestone mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... that it recently introduced Microsoft, which adds to Google and Ebay. The group has witnessed the growth of Self Managed Super Funds (SMSF) looking to diversify their portfolio with global equities and about 20 or 25 per cent of its investors are now ...

New regime for accountants: Shorten

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... than the current exemption. Under the new rules accountants will be able to provide advice on establishing a self managed super fund (SMSFs), investment strategies for them, superannuation products more broadly, and basic deposit products, though not ...

SMSFs drive ASX growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
Self Managed Super Funds (SMSF) are boosting the health of the local bourse, with $165 billion of their assets invested in Exchange products, making up 38 per cent of total exchange assets. Exchange Traded Products (ETP) is on top of the SMSF product ...

ASIC slaps biggest fine ever

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... wife Jacqueline Hobbs and 12 other people, he operated unlicensed funds that targeted Australian investors and self managed super funds. More than $55 million was invested in 14 individual investment funds in countries including New Zealand, the United ...

WHK appoints SMSF head

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
Accounting and advisory firm WHK Group has appointed Susie Salmon as head of self managed super funds (SMSF). The appointment of a specialist senior SMSF professional by a major accountancy group highlights the additional resources financial services ...