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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 ...

FEATURE: The alpha hunters

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... equities. The fact that retail investors like what they know is also reflected in the surprising (and well-documented) portion SMSFs allocate to cash: 30%, according to Rainmaker. This paints a quantitative picture of Aussie investors as rather a traditional ...

SMSFs need no more regulation: Treasury

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... prudentially regulated, Treasury has argued in its submission to the Financial System Inquiry. It said that a major attraction of SMSFs was the light-touch regulation, providing freedom for trustees to engage more closely with their superannuation. "Continuation ...

ASIC should regulate SMSFs as a financial product: PwC

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... Commission (ASIC). In a submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI), PwC alerted that account balances transferred into SMSFs are often "very small" and added that they often follow poor strategies, or don't follow any strategy at all. "Examples ...

Viable SMSF size underestimated

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... performance. The industry typically advises that a minimum balance of between $100,000 and $200,000 is the tipping point at which SMSFs costs match those of pooled superannuation funds. However, Rainmaker analysis of Australian Taxation Office (ATO) ...

FPA calls for clear separation of general and personal advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... also recommended the government to "follow Cooper's recommendation and undertake a formal review of the decision to allow SMSFs to gear up property in their fund."

Thinktank launches LRBA loan service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... loan specialist Thinktank has launched a limited recourse borrowing arrangement (LRBA) loan for self-managed super funds (SMSFs). The Thinktank SMSF Commercial Loan offers loan-to-value ratios of up to 75% and 25 year repayment terms. The maximum loan ...

ASFA and AIST push for tighter regulation of SMSFs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... mandating the use of financial planners. "ASFA has previously advocated that consumer protection be increased in relation to SMSFs by mandating that asset classes such as investment property and limited recourse loans only be provided through licensed ...