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Direct investment options are not SMSFs

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... investment classes, brining into question the lack of diversification of members' investment portfolios. "This is something SMSFs are continually criticised for failing to have and is a fallacy with the vast majority of SMSFs," Slattery said.

FIIG offers Apple bonds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
Fixed income specialist FIIG Securities has added Apple bonds to its DirectBonds Service, giving private investors, SMSFs and clients of financial planners their first chance to access the bonds. Like the 300-plus other bonds on the DirectBonds list ...

New SMSFs slowing as boomers retire

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... couldn't get in the mainstream space, like estate planning. But many funds have caught up now, so there's less of a need for SMSFs." So-called 'member direct investment options' within some APRA-regulated funds including AustralianSuper, HOSTPLUS and ...

Member direct investment needs work

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... various environments then I think you've got a problem," Colley said. He said market downturn generally drives people entering SMSFs because they think they can manage investments better themselves. He added that a lot of super performance figures were ...

Best Practice Managed Accounts Forum 2015 registrations open

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
... models to support managed accounts, the compliance advantage of managed accounts and why the product type will appeal to SMSFs, Gen X, Gen Y and Millennials. There will also be some practical advice on how to choose a managed account provider and how ...

PROFILE: AvSuper chief executive Michelle Wade

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... moved on to a couple of other superannuation roles including a brief stint working with self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs). She says there has always been an enthusiasm to try different roles and get more experience "to learn more about the broader ...

Frydenberg relaxed about SMSF borrowing

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... response around problems associated with limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) and self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs). "The available statistics on limited recourse borrowing arrangements, while not perfect, tell us that limited recourse ...

Forget LICs, the key to retail is in active ETFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... looking at all options. Whatever strategy we take, we realise it's early days yet and that there is no perfect model to access SMSFs," Prugue said. He said the industry is carefully watching the steps of the first entrants, notably of Magellan Financial ...

ASX builds fund supermarket

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... products out of that remaining 43." Christoe adds one of the drivers behind these trends is self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) looking outside their relatively large allocation to Australian shares. Magellan Financial Group head of distribution ...

Long term super fund returns approach record levels

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... international bonds +6%, Australian bonds +5% and cash +2%. Member accounts that had low exposure to growth assets, such as SMSFs and retirees, may thus have experienced relatively poor performance. The top 5 Workplace MySuper and default options were ...