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Minimum withdrawal rates act as default: CSIRO

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... averages for those with superannuation may not decline much with age after retirement, "many people, particularly with APRA fund accounts, drop out of the average figures as they close their account." "Less than 10% of Australians aged 85 and over still ...

SMSF borrowing triples in four years

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
Limited recourse borrowing arrangements within SMSFs have almost tripled in four years, the latest Australian Tax Office (ATO) statistics show. The proportion of SMSFs with borrowings has risen from 2.3% of funds in 2010 to 6.7% of funds in 2014. At ...

Retail funds risk member exodus

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
... (SMSF) over the same period of time. The percentage of overall superannuation fund members considering moving to another APRA fund is slightly up from 2014, with 10.9% saying they are considering moving in the next year, compared to 6.7% last year. Those ...

SMSFs hurt more than APRA funds in downturn

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
The SMSF segment of the superannuation system suffered more in the recent market correction, the latest APRA figures for the September quarter show. Total super assets dropped in the September quarter by 1.6% from $2.03 trillion to $1.99 trillion. For ...

FEATURE: The great race to invest

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
As the SMSF rush slows down, Laura Millan asks whether individual funds will withstand harsher market conditions and reviews member direct investment options. It is a known fact that self-managed super funds (SMSFs) outperformed funds regulated by the ...

AMP to launch SMSF trustee course

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
AMP will launch an online self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustee course early next year as part of a wider education strategy aimed at both advisers and trustees. AMP SMSF head of policy, technical and education services, Peter Burgess said ...

Direct investment options are not SMSFs

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... funds typically don't have the range of investment choice or the flexibility of an SMSF. A duck is not a chicken, and an APRA fund is not an SMSF, no matter how it is dressed up. It is either an SMSF or it is not." Slattery added anecdotal evidence suggests ...

Gen Y can drive SMSF growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... have purchased insurance within their SMSF, more than one in five (21.2%) have insurance coverage either through their APRA fund or outside of super," the report said. "Younger trustees are considerably more likely to hold insurance in some form, with ...

SMSFs gear up for advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
... perceived as less risky." The research was conducted between November and December 2014 with 468 SMSF trustees and 532 APRA fund members surveyed.

Super assets hit $1.6 trillion, investment returns at 4-year high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
Superannuation assets surged 15.5% last financial year to reach $1.6 trillion, reveals the regulator APRA in its just released June report. The pace of the asset surge corresponds with the super fund industry achieving its best investment returns in ...