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Instreet appoints Brant to its board

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... investment solutions and wealth creation in the equity, commodity and fixed income markets to financial adviser groups, accountants and individuals. David Gordon, Instreet chair, said Instreet is well positioned to add value to financial advisers at ...

BGL partners with COIN on SMSFs

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... giving clients accurate information of their fund. "It will greatly improve tax and strategic decision making for accountants and financial advisers. At the same time the COIN data feeds will ensure improved administration and ensure audit compliance," ...

The SMSF debt binge

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... over the next 12 months. According to an online survey of over 1,900 SMSF trustees, 470 financial planners and 470 accountants by researcher Investment Trends, just seven per cent of SMSFs currently use geared investments, but the percentage is likely ...

Get on board super reforms: Shorten

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... infighting. "Let's take the suffocating politics out of super... The Monty Python factions of industry funds versus retail, accountants versus planners, self managed super funds versus the world... the bickering, the industry navel gazing and insularity," ...

NTAA challenge planners to cut fees

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... actions put the whole industry in a bad light, and rob it of credibility," he said. The NTAA represents about 7,500 accountants and tax agents members and was launched late last month, to offer assistance to their members on providing superannuation ...

RewardSuper and Fin Synergy improve SMSF admin

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... RSDataWeb integrated through web services - in turn allowing advisers to access fast and secure data feeds. "Most accountants do the administration at year end, and they have a huge pile of work. "With our system [and automatic feeds] they can spread ...

More platform inflows through SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... fully cater for the sector, planners face several hurdles ahead. At least two in five planners are concerned about accountants setting up SMSFs for clients who are not suitable and the same number worry about how to best explain trustee responsibilit ...

PAS taps direct property, shifts bonds

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... funds with Connecticut-based K2 Advisors earlier this year. PAS, which manages the investments of three sub-funds - Accountants Super, Australian Enterprise Super and RecruitmentSuper - returned 10.8 per cent in its default growth option for the year ...

SMSFs more sensitive to advice fees: report

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
... are willing to pay for advice and while the majority seek professional advice either through financial planners or accountants, some 25 per cent said they were reluctant to pay a fee at all. Just 15 per cent said they were more willing to pay for adivce. ...

SMSF advisers back FOFA call to upskill

SPAA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... According to the 2010 SPAA Technical Conference Advisor Survey, which surveyed more than 300 SMSF advisers including accountants, most are strongly supportive of raising professional standards. Andrea Slattery, SPAA chief executive, said advisers are ...