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Ripoll demands parliamentary debate for FoFA reforms

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... 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 or the professional sector ...

ASIC: no plans for SMSF balance threshold

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... 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 the regulator was planning to mandate a minimum ...

Looming pension deeming rules "lack clarity"

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... information. SPAA senior manager, technical and policy Jordan George told delegates at the 2014 SPAA SMSF National Conference in Brisbane today that the bill that will change the deeming rules for the Age Pension income testA "only needed two more votes ...

Crowdfunding investment platform launched

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... Startmate and BlueChilli in Sydney, AngelCube in Melbourne, Slingshot in Newcastle, UOW iAccelerate in Wollongong and iLab in Brisbane. "Corporate incubator programs including Telstra's muru-D and OptusSingtel innov8, and new venture capital firms such ...

SMSF industry welcomes more flexible penalties

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... 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 into parliament last year had now ...

Sinodinos rules out LRBA review for SMSFs

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... 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, they do need to be licensed for this." ...

Consumers safe under FoFA changes: former judge

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... patron Sir Anthony Mason. In his opening address to the 1,400-strong delegates at the 10th annual SPAA conference in Brisbane, the former High Court judge said newspaper reports had overlooked the common law requirement for advisers to always act in ...

Praemium launches SMSF functionality

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

Mercer wins Mercy Super admin gig

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... Mercy Super to provide member administration services. Mercy Super - which is the super fund primarily for employees of Brisbane's Mater Hospital and other Mercy Partners employees - has 12,000 members and funds under management of $900 million, making ...

SPAA to use networking technology at conference

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014