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Four new SMSFs every hour

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
The ATO has just released its latest self managed super fund bulletin and it confirms the stellar growth for the sector is continuing unabated. According to the report, at the end of December last year there were 496,207 SMSFs and 945,207 SMSF members ...

Funds unlikely to follow HOSTPLUS to PST

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... increased members' fees. "We already have a direct investment option that we think can almost replace a self managed super fund," Lander told Financial Standard. While acknowledging it was obviously more limited, Lander said: "What we are trying to say ...

CBUS to review products to tempt SMSFs

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... attract people in self managed superannuation funds. Last week fellow industry super fund HOSTPLUS said self managed super fund trustees could be able to invest in the fund's platforms if it goes ahead with a plan to become a Pooled Superannuation Trust ...

SPAA joins UN group

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... group's admission to the CIFA was a sign of its leadership and was an important development for Australia's self managed super fund industry. "CIFA is a non-government organisation that has special consultative status with the United Nations Economic ...

Trio Capital action group to put forward Federal Candidate

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
A community group has said it will back a candidate for the New South Wales federal seat of Throsby as a result of its claims that the Gillard Government ignored victims of financial fraud. Victims of Financial Fraud (VOFF) convenor Paul Matters told ...

Retail Super Funds tank in satisfaction-stakes

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012
Satisfaction with the financial performance of Retail Super Funds in November 2012 was 41.6%, the lowest level since July 2004, well behind Industry Funds (49.0%) and Self Managed Super Funds (69.1%), a new report reveals. Based on over 30,000 interviews ...

Jury out on AFSL uptake by accountants

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... superannuation Bill Shorten last week released draft regulation removing the accountants' exemption on self managed super fund advice, and introducing a "streamlined" Australian Financial Services License (AFSL) option for them from 1 July next year. ...

Brett Kenny joins SPAA board

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... firm Rogerson Kenny where his main role is to provide taxation services to the growing clientele from the self managed super fund sector. SPAA CEO Andrea Slattery welcomes Kenny to the SPAA board, and expects his work and experience in the SMSF sector ...

Outcomes-based investing is the future for wealth creation sector: AMP

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
A rise in the number self managed super funds is proof that the investment industry has not delivered, a senior AMP Capital executive said. It is no longer good enough to be satisfied with not doing as bad as an index and the industry needs to focus ...

Flexibility not returns, drive SMSFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
Major research into the self managed super funds sector affirms that while flexibility and tax management is their primary motivation, their ability to stick with their chosen investment strategy gives them a self perceived performance advantage as ...