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NAB partners for SMSF establishment service

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 JAN 2017
... provide what NAB describes as a "fully featured establishment and administration service" for SMSF investors. It facilitates ATO registration, cash and trading accounts and ongoing admin through one online form. NAB said its SMSF establishment service ...

Strong SMSFs bridging gender super gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... engaged with their superannuation. The annual self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) statistical overview released by the ATO shows that over the five years to 30 June 2015, the average female SMSF member's balance now sits at $498,000. The report ...

Super headaches from ATO system crash

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... consolidating or transferring their superannuation before Christmas. The outage began on Monday 12 December, and as of yesterday ATO staff were still working through the restoration of several services. Commissioner of Taxation Chris Jordan said the ...

Industry funds lead Labor's super inquiry

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
... completely when companies move into liquidation." "It is not unusual to hear from members who have lodged a complaint with the ATO still waiting for answers, let alone their money, years afterwards. One has told us he was advised recovery of unpaid super ...

SMSFs encouraged to embrace fintech

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... SMSFs are paying for services they don't need when it comes to the portfolio management of assets. MA Operator says recent ATO data shows the average operating expense ratio for SMSFs increased to 1.06% for the year ending 30 June 2014. While the increase ...

SMSF auditor's appeal upheld

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... misleading. The AAT said it does not accept ASIC's contention that Abichandani made any knowingly false statement - either to the ATO, ASIC or in the course of the present proceedings. Abichandani is now able to return as an ASIC approved SMSF auditor. ...

Adviser Network sets focus on super consolidation

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... consolidation tool which allows members to simplify their super via three steps. Adviser Network has also integrated with the ATO's SuperMatch 2 service to provide members with both their lost and known super accounts. "Almost 15 million Australians ...

Cbus continues investment team expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... financial services. Prior to that, he was a tax manager for mergers and acquisitions at Ernst & Young and a tax analyst for the ATO. In his new role, he will oversee the optimisation of members' tax outcomes in the Cbus investment portfolio. Cbus executive ...

SMSFs combating low rates with hybrids

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... property loans surge from 70.2% to 75.3%, while the number of financial asset loans dropped by 16.9% for the quarter. "The ATO's safe harbour guidelines around limited recourse borrowing arrangements have led investors to wind up some of their related ...

SMSF trustees remain prudent investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
SMSF data from the ATO and APRA shows trustees in self-managed super are maintaining solid investment performance and managing portfolio diversification well. SMSF Association head of technical Peter Hogan said ATO statistics show that in four of the ...