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SMSFs get off lightly in FSI interim report

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... System Inquiry (FSI), recommendations made in the interim report suggest. The FSI interim report dedicated a short section to SMSFs, in which the main issue was the possible introduction of a threshold below which an SMSF cannot be set up. The report ...

FSI zeroes in on vertical advice and retirement income

LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... become that nation's sole default super provider for a fixed term at the best price. On leveraging, it focused mainly on SMSFs, and considered re-introducing a general prohibition on direct leverage. On the stability of policy, the report questioned ...

Calastone launches automated reporting tool

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... December. The new tool will automate distribution and communications between accountants managing self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and Calastone users such as funds, platforms and custodians. From June 30, 2015, the distribution tax components will be ...

ASX mFunds FUM already ahead of ETFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... Andrew Keevers, Rainmaker director of research and product development. "If directly invested Australian shares held in SMSFs are added to this tally of direct retail managed investments, the segment balloons by more than $200 billion," said Keevers. ...

HOSTPLUS nearly ready for SMSF infra investments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
HOSTPLUS' infrastructure investment option for self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) is ready to go, pending the approval of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), the fund's chief investment officer Sam Sicilia has said. The option ...

FEATURE: In search of the missing asset class

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... by the Australian Bankers Association (ABA) in one of its two submissions to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) show that SMSFs have just 1% in Australian fixed interest and even less in international bonds. NAB executive general manager for debt markets ...

Citi develops white label banking for industry funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... banking services for industry super funds as a way of stemming the outflow to retail funds and self-managed super funds (SMSFs), Financial Standard can reveal. In what could prove a lifeline to industry funds in the battle to retain members, the service ...

Adviser appetite for infrastructure investments increasing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... argues such a relationship would be mutually beneficial. "SPAA believes that opening up direct infrastructure investments to SMSFs would provide a new avenue for SMSF investment that could assist SMSFs in managing longevity while also funding Australia's ...

Manny Pohl issues prospectus for new retail LIC

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... specifically targeting self-managed super funds with his new Barrack Street Investments LIC. "It's widely acknowledged that SMSFs bias is heavily weighted to ASX top 50 companies and cash," he said. "Barrack Street will provide investors with a convenient ...

MDA provider makes debut on ASX

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... chairman Don Sharp said that around 70% of the company's assets under administrations are held by self-managed super funds (SMSFs). Sharp said that investors see the company "as a unique way to gain exposure to the mandated growth of Australia's superannuation ...