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Hume advocates for affordable advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... important way Australians could maximise their income in retirement." After consulting members and in response to CP332, SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney said: "[We] found that the advice process is lengthy, costly and prioritises compliance ...

Rice Warner weighs in on Your Future, Your Super

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
Rice Warner has made several recommendations to the Your Future, Your Super package of reforms that the government and superannuation industry should not overlook. Under the new stapling measure, Rice Warner has two areas of concern. The first is that ...

Legacy pensions score win

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
The SMSF Association has welcomed a new law that will allow the partial commutation of legacy pensions. The change was announced in the federal government's mid-year economic and fiscal outlook (MYEFO), which was released last December. Retirees with ...

AMP adviser numbers shrivel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... in 2020, with the institution no longer the largest AFSL in the country by number of advisers. The largest AFSL is now the SMSF Adviser Network which had 839 advisers as at 31 December 2020. AMP Financial Planning lost the most advisers of any AFSL in ...

ASIC takes fintech to court

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2021
... benefits of investing in residential property in self-managed superannuation funds. Squirrel Superannuation Services, an SMSF platform provider, faced the Federal Court on 23 December 2020 for allegedly marketing misleading information between January ...

Super industry to branch out: Rice Warner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
Over the next 15 years the Australian superannuation industry will evolve into a sophisticated and mature industry, according to Rice Warner's Superannuation Market Projections report. The new report takes a very positive view of the Australian super ...

SuperConcepts appoints interim chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... earlier this month. Grant Christensen moved into the role on December 18. He joined SuperConcepts in 2006 and has worked in the SMSF industry for 15 years. He has experience across sales, marketing, customer service, risk and compliance, SuperConcepts ...

ATO backs SMSFs as strong retirement choice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... to implementing those measures the ATO also increased the availability of practical support and guidance materials for the SMSF sector. "When I started my role as assistant commissioner, SMSF risk and strategy later in 2020, it was immediately apparent ...

Godfrey Pembroke firm jumps ship

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... transition to CountPlus from Godfrey Pembroke in November. Venture has a team of 13 that specialise in financial advice and SMSF accounting and have been part of the Bendigo community for over 20 years. Venture director and financial adviser Nicola Chaffe ...

Vale Martin Heffron

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... decades working in superannuation and SMSFs. He was the chair of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand's SMSF committee and was on the board of Hunter Valley Grammar School. The Heffron family asked that any memorial contributions be ...