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BMR integrates Xero SMSF practice management software

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... minutes. In a recent interview with Financial Standard, SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia chief executive Andrea Slattery discussed the growing importance of new technology in SMSF administration. "I think these technologies have a significant ...

SPAA backs government position on SMSFs

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) chief executive Andrea Slattery said that reassurances by Treasurer Joe Hockey and Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg about the Government's support for the key principles of superannuation are ...

MLC partners with SPAA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... there to meet the growing needs of clients around complex SMSF advice." SPAA chief executive and managing director Andrea Slattery said: "This commitment by MLC is a welcome initiative that emphasises the importance of continually lifting professional ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... lower proportion of tax inside super than outside when compared to lower income earners. SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery has downplayed those concerns, arguing the same tax rules apply across the board. One interesting development in the last 12 ...

SPAA "disappointed" by the FSI's SMSF borrowing recommendations

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... and other financial institutions could look after LRBAs. In line with statements made by SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery earlier this year Colley said the size of LRBAs within SMSFs was small compared to totals assets. "It is only $8-10 billion ...

SPAA defends SMSF tax rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... in the Australian Financial Review today, SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) chief executive Andrea Slattery said the claim that SMSFs do not pay enough tax misses the wider picture. "There is no difference in the way APRA-regulated ...

SPAA launches pilot program for "complex" issues

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... them to strengthen their knowledge and reinforce their pre-eminent position in the market," SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery said. The specialist program is a service over and above the current membership and will incur an additional fee. "Our specialist ...

SMSF service industry comes of age: Survey

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... diverse and often specialised practices, with 62% of businesses servicing less than 100 SMSFs. SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery said the distinction between advice and accounting businesses servicing the 1 million member SMSF industry was becoming ...

BT asks for full adviser disclosure to consumers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... licensee within a short time frame without any true commitment to unsuspecting clients," SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery said.

SPAA voices concern over conflicted remuneration

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... the other amendments recommended by the Committee. On the conflicted remuneration issue, SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery said: "We believe the government could seriously weaken the policy intent of FoFA to protect consumers". Slattery asked for ...