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SMSF flexibility makes them error prone

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... monitoring contributions caps it's crucial to monitor the right level payment number for the right type of member," he said. SMSFs are prone to these issues because they are such a popular destination for personal contributions. "Half of personally deductible ...

CFS awarded 'Best Platform Overall'

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... investors to navigate without assistance," Elkins said. Colonial First State has identified managed accounts, retirement and SMSFs as strong future trends for the advice industry and driving forces behind platform innovations over the coming years. "The ...

FEATURE: Managing SMSF growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... their number surpasses the half a million mark, Laura Millan looks at the opportunities for individual investors and how SMSFs could contribute to the Australian economy. Of all the appealing features about running your own self-managed superannuation ...

AMP gives SMSFs access to property and corporate bonds

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
AMP Capital has launched two funds targeting self-managed super fund (SMSF) investors who want to access asset classes that require a large capital outlay. The AMP Capital Wholesale Australian Property Fund and the AMP Capital Corporate Bond Fund are ...

Managed accounts take-up jump 63%: survey

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... they present additional opportunities for fund managers that want to reach financial advisers and self-managed super funds (SMSFs). But to put in context, managed accounts still represent an estimated $20 billion in FUA, meaning managed funds remain ...

CommInsure launches tailored SMSF insurance product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
CommInsure will launch a life insurance product tailored to members of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) next week. The product is an enhanced version of its Total Care Plan Super product, updated to meet the new requirements in the Superannuation ...

OneVue pitches Managed Accounts to industry funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... Model Portfolios, solutions that are normally available in more formal Managed Account arrangements. Mckeage said what makes SMSFs so attractive is their flexibility but members don't always need to go all the way through to establishing their own SMSF ...

SPAA launches online CPD tool

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... questionnaire available to the association's members and designed to gauge the level the knowledge that advisers have on SMSFs, before recommending specific focus areas for upcoming CPD activities. The new tool comes a few months after SPAA launched ...

Cbus to launch 'self-managed' product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... in mid-2014, following the lead of a number of other industry funds seeking to stem the flow to self-managed super funds (SMSFs). Referring to the new option as a 'self-managed product', Cbus chief executive David Atkin told Financial Standard he expects ...

SMSFs want access to infrastructure and corporate bonds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... into ways of making direct investment in infrastructure and corporate bonds more accessible to self-managed super funds (SMSFs), the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has argued. SMSFs currently invest heavily in cash and Australian ...