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GBST delivers first SuperStream contributions to SMSFs

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
GBST, a SuperStream Gateway provider for self-managed super funds (SMSFs) has delivered its first live SuperStream electronic choice contributions messages destined for SMSFs. This initial SuperStream "cohort" which commenced live contributions on 4 ...

Administrators fined over 'free ' SMSF set up claims

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... also said an article titled '9 Benefits of Setting Up A Self Managed Super Fund' misrepresented the costs and benefits of SMSFs compared to retail and industry superannuation funds. A third advertisement falsely represented that ASIC reviewed Esuperfund's ...

ASIC lowers wholesale investor threshold to $2.5 million

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... any private rights of action that may be available to third parties. "Persons providing financial services to trustees of SMSFs need to make their own commercial decisions after considering the legal risks." ASIC acknowledged that the definition "has ...

We don't want to regulate SMSFs: APRA, ASIC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... when asked at the FSC conference whether they should or would if given an opportunity to do so. "We don't want to regulate SMSFs," said Ian Laughlin, deputy chair of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). But Peter Kell, deputy chair ...

Barrack St raises $16 million through IPO

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... through fully franked dividends with an objective of exceeding a benchmark return of 8%pa. "It's widely acknowledged that SMSFs are heavily weighted to ASX top 50 companies and cash," Pohl said, and added: "we are delighted that our message of diversification ...

Mercer launches its own MDI

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... to offer superannuants more control over their investments, in an attempt to stem the flow to self-managed super funds (SMSFs).

Tax retirement earnings at flat 15%, says consultant

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... post-retirement investment earnings would solve the problem of lost tax revenue through self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs), according to Andrew Baker, managing partner at Tria Investment Partners. Speaking at an event hosted by the Association ...

Unmet SMSF advice needs a boon for advisers

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
More than 286,000 self-managed super funds (SMSFs) have unmet advice needs, representing a huge opportunity for financial advisers, according to new research from Investment Trends. SMSFs who say they have unmet advice needs are prepared to pay up to ...

SMSF advisers gear for referrals from accountants

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... planners (45.7%) and 30.1% of accountants cited legislative change as the greatest challenge for their business in dealing with SMSFs today, and almost two in five planners (37.1%) said this was the greatest challenge facing their business over the next ...

SMSF service industry comes of age: Survey

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... industry is characterised by small, 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 ...