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Boutique hires distribution lead from AMP Capital

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... boutique, Chirakis held several senior positions at AMP Capital for more than eight years, the most recent being the head of SMSF and self-directed wealth. He also led AMP Capital's marketing efforts across institutional, financial adviser and private ...

Industry responds to election outcome

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... been consigned to history with the next Labor leader certain to embrace a more modest set of reforms." On the other hand, SMSF Alliance principal David Busoli celebrated the outcome of the election, as "certainly good news on the SMSF front." Now the ...

Super funds to dominate ASX: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
Superannuation fund are forecast to control more than half of the ASX in 15 years' time, new Rainmaker research shows. Super funds currently invest about $700 billion in ASX-listed companies, representing nearly a 40% stake of the index and growth ...

ATO guides SMSFs on PYSP changes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... guidance on how self-managed superannuation funds might be affected by the Protecting Your Super reforms. The ATO confirmed to SMSF investors that the raft of changes - introduced as part of the Protecting Your Super Package - designed to protect the ...

Labor proposal targets low income earners: Association

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... target the wealthy but impacts low income earners instead. Deborah Ralston, spokesperson for the Alliance and chair of the SMSF Association, said the vast majority of people who will be affected by the proposed franking credit changes receive a refund ...

Sargon launches SMSF alternative

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... small APRA fund. Sargon has partnered with HUB24 to provide advisers and their clients with access to the same benefits of a SMSF without the need for an individual to act as trustee. Sargon will act as trustee, with the SAF developed and integrated ...

SMSF wind-ups spike: ATO

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
The number of self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) wind-ups shot up in the last 12-24 months, according to Australian Tax Office data. Latest ATO data reveals in 2014 the number of SMSF wind-ups was 12,654 and hovered around that point, reaching ...

SMSF gender gap reduces over time

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... people to consider overall fund balances - and not just individual member balances - when establishing funds. The report shows SMSF members recognise the advantage of pooling their retirement savings with others, with the average individual member balance ...

Super, life risk face election test

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... test would be able to make voluntary contributions to super. The constant changes have gone too far for one of Griffiths' SMSF clients who now plans to leave the country after losing about $800,000 in 2017 as a result of the $1.6 million transfer balance ...

Two new faces join SMSF Association board

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
The SMSF Association has added two self-managed super specialists to its board. Tracey Scotchbrook, vice chair of the West Australian Local Community, and Michael Houlihan, chair of the Victorian Local Community will join the board of the association. ...