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SuperStream changes consultation opens

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... SuperStream to self-managed superannuation fund rollovers. Announced earlier this year, the Government's changes will allow SMSF members to initiate and receive rollovers electronically between an APRA fund and their SMSF. Commenting on the proposed ...

FASEA-induced exodus increasingly likely

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
... because they had typically completed academic qualifications through the Securities Institute of Australia prior to 1998. The SMSF Association has also called upon FASEA to provide greater clarity around how prior learning will be accounted for under ...

SMSF administrator chief joins advice firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
... extensive strategic and business development experience, including her former role as chief executive of a market-leading SMSF administrator, is the ideal background for this critical role of building greater awareness of Prime and its related brands," ...

Westpac ditches SMSF lending

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
... purchase residential investment property in Australia will have to look elsewhere. The bank and its subsidiaries will cease SMSF loans in order to "simplify" its product set effective Tuesday 31 July 2018, a Westpac spokesperson said. "We continually ...

Crypto exchange enters superannuation market

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
... enabling members to set up SMSFs that invest in digital assets immediately. It is partnering with New Brighton Capital, an SMSF service provider specialising in helping members gain exposure to crypto, art and the precious metal markets. New Brighton ...

Industry expert joins SMSFA board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
A self-managed superannuation fund specialist is joining the board of the SMSF Association on September 1. Verante Financial Planning director and financial planner Liam Shorte will replace Andrew Gale, who is stepping down after a six-year tenure. ...

Government cuts SMSF red tape

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... paper to change the annual audit cycle for some self-managed superannuation funds to three years has been welcomed by the SMSF Association. Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer said the reform, announced in this year's Budget ...

Simple Fund 360 picks up AdviserLogic

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... AdviserLogic clients are now available to use Simple Fund 360, after the software provider integrated with the BGL platform. The SMSF software provider added in a release that AdviserLogic used the free BGL application programming interface (API) to ...

Leave dividend imputation system as is: Plato

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... a single person who owns a home) will be severely affected, he added. Moreover, the policy change can potentially reduce SMSF investments in Australian shares in favour of global equities, property and even cash. "Labor's proposal could also result ...

ASIC takes financial planner to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... former clients loaned $1.4 million to the company. According to ASIC, Gordon and his partner Heather Jean Swift used the SMSF loans' money for their own and Swift's company Consultia Super's benefit. ASIC will go to the Brisbane Supreme Court ...