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Federal Budget: Industry responds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
... recommendations is necessary for the protection of consumers, but are concerned by how much it will cost," he said. Meanwhile, SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney praised the Government's light approach to super in this year's Budget. ...

Budget 2019-20: Social media reacts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... (@IndustrySuper) April 2, 2019 The SMSFA breaks down the Budget in this video. Straight from the #Budget2019 lock up - @JGeorge_SMSF 's #SMSF Summary in under 2minutes. https://t.co/diKTFPLGyc pic.twitter.com/3KMajQn4JQ - SMSF Association (@SMSFassoc) ...

Heffron reshuffles leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
SMSF solutions provider Heffron has appointed a new managing director. In a leadership reshuffle, head of product Meg Heffron is stepping into the managing director role. Heffron, who co-founded the business with the now former managing director Martin ...

CFR, ATO report on SMSF borrowing arrangements

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) are almost completely exclusive to SMSFs. However, they form a low proportion of SMSF assets. About 8.9% of SMSFs currently have a LRBA in place, and LRBAs hold 5.2% of total SMSF assets or 1.4% of total superannuation ...

BGL announces new integrations

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
The provider of ASIC corporate compliance solutions and SMSF administration announced new integrations. In what BGL says is an "industry first", the company announced an integration with Smarter SMSF which will allow CAS 360 and Simple Fund 360 clients ...

Macquarie axes SMSF residential property loans

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
... in a note to brokers it has made significant changes to its product offerings. The bank confirmed it is no longer offering SMSF residential home loans, with the change effective from April 30. Macquarie will continue to service existing clients who hold ...

Slow but steady: SMSF growth continues

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... APRA-regulated super funds and self-managed super funds has steadily decreased over the last three years. According to Rainmaker, the SMSF sector is continuing to pick up funds from its industry and retail counterparts. In 2016, $8.1 billion made its ...

Sole purpose test divides industry

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... Act's sole purpose test. Speaking to Financial Standard, SuperConcepts' interim chief executive Adrian Urquhart says the SMSF service provider wants to be on the same playing field as the large industry funds. "I think we just want to get some clarity ...

Class makes managed accounts play

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
... have a material impact on Class' FY19 or FY20 earnings. Class said the partnership is an important strategic step for the SMSF software provider as it moves into the broader wealth management space. "Class and Philo are well aligned, both delivering ...

SMSF darlings revealed

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... superannuation funds renewed their focus on blue chip stocks amid market uncertainty in the second half of 2018, the latest CommSec SMSF trading trends report shows. The sector had been cooling to the top stocks for some time. Almost 40% of the traded ...