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SPAA and Macquarie to investigate SMSFs

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... business models in the sector and will contribute to the ongoing development of the SMSF sector. SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery urged SPAA members to participate. "The survey is an exciting project and an excellent opportunity for SMSF professional ...

Count and SPAA partner to provide SMSF training

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... creating the architecture that will allow a move towards professionalism in the future," SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery said. "It is imperative that advisers commit to be at the forefront of professionalism because that allows consumers to make ...

Industry receives FoFA bill with mixed feelings

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) was supportive of the amendments and its chief executive Andrea Slattery said that "the existing legislation had the potential to be too broad in its application, to create uncertainty and to cause ...

Parliament passes more nuanced SMSF penalties

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... Professionals' Association of Australian (SPAA) welcomed the passage of the legislation, with chief executive Andrea Slattery commenting: "Our organisation supported the concept of administrative penalties for SMSFs when they were first proposed by the ...

Sinodinos rules out LRBA review for SMSFs

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... Office is currently seeking submissions on changes to LRBA legislation. Commenting on LRBAs, SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery said that while she advocated for licensing, the controversy about LRBAs may have been exaggerated in the media. "More than ...

Planners not meeting SMSF trustee demands

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... also said the number one quality they look for in a planner is the ability to offer strategic investment advice. Andrea Slattery, chief executive of SPAA, said planners wishing to tap into the SMSF market must offer more strategic investment advice. ...

SPAA appoints COO with Olympic experience

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... managing major international sporting and political events in Australia and around the globe," SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery said. "All this experience will prove invaluable as SPAA prepares itself to meet the challenges that our superannuation ...

SPAA urges concessional cap rethink

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... $35,000 for older Australians is too low to facilitate adequate savings for retirement," SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery said. "The low concessional contribution cap base, together with the absence of adequate indexation, will deny many thousands ...

Compensation opposed for SMSFs: SPAA

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... funds (SMSFs). In response to a statement made by the Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos, SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery said: "the guiding philosophy underpinning self-managed super is that trustees/members take responsibility for their own ...

New ATO powers to decrease SMSF 'delinquency'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
... trustees. "This has encouraged a number of trustees to ignore or breach their obligations on a regular basis." Andrea Slattery, chief executive of the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) agreed. "Under the current law, the system is far ...