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Allow couples to hold joint super accounts: Rice Warner

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... retirement finances together. A more simplified structure for couples "would provide many of the benefits of a self-managed super fund (SMSF). This might appeal to those members who want the flexibility but not the responsibility of running an SMSF," ...

SMSF sector enters next phase

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
The self-managed super fund (SMSF) sector is entering the stage of maturity as benefit payments surpass contributions for the first time. This industry tipping point was confirmed with the recent release of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) statistical ...

FEATURE: Understanding mFund

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... to figures from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), barely 5% of the $543 billion that is invested through self-managed super funds sits in managed investment schemes. Furthermore, SMSF investors are vastly under-invested in international securities. ...

Spike in SMSF borrowing breaches

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
There has been a spike in the number of self-managed super fund (SMSF) breaches related to borrowing, research by Partners Wealth Group shows. The number of SMSFs requiring a contravention report to be lodged with the ATO has fallen over the past year ...

What if SMSFs flocked to global equities in 2015?

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
Self-managed super funds (SMSF) are expected to buy $1 billion of Australian equities per month, but what if individual investors developed an appetite for global stocks at the expense of the local market? A Credit Suisse analysis of "Down-under surprises ...

Andrew Hewison takes over Hewison Private Wealth

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... 900 individual client investment portfolios valued at $600 million. Approximately 500 portfolios belong to self-managed super funds (SMSFs).

Wealth Know How teams with Pro Adviser

HARRY PAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
... allow Pro Adviser's website to show a cross-section of Wealth Know How's educational videos on topics like self-managed super funds (SMSFs) term deposits and portfolio diversification. Pro Adviser managing director Nikhil Sreedhar said the partnership ...

OneVue launches new platform

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2015
... investors to manage their investments whether they hold them directly, through a retail superannuation fund or a self-managed super fund (SMSF). "The platform will help members make better, more informed investment choices, with competitive and transparent ...

ASIC acts on 440 SMSF auditors

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2014
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) auditors who did not undertake or pass a competency exam necessary to retain their registration have seen their registration cancelled by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). ASIC has also disqualified ...

MLC partners with SPAA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
MLC has partnered with the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) to provide advisers with self-managed super fund (SMSF) advice accreditation, training and support. Under the scheme, MLC and NAB licensees who attain SPAA accreditation ...