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Investor knowledge fuels SMSF growth

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... Minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law Chris Pearce, and Michael D'Ascenzo commissioner of taxation, ATO are among the speakers at this year's SPAA conference in Adelaide. Commencing 10th March, the SPAA conference will feature ...

ATO launches auditor software

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) is giving self managed super fund (SMSF) auditors a helping hand with eSAT, a electronic superannuation compliance audit tool. The audit tool provides a reference feature, relevant case studies and a list of questions ...

ATO security blunder sparks review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) is issuing more than 3,000 self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees with new tax file numbers and reviewing its security measures after it lost a CD containing highly sensitive trustee information. The tax file numbers ...

Perpetual seeks SMSF leadership role

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... purchasing SMSF administration firm, smartsuper. Andrew Bloore, smartsuper managing director, said the Australian Tax Office (ATO) is likely to enforce a minimum set of standards that will require trustees to lodge compliance reports on a more regular ...

Managers seek ESG framework

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
Effectively managing and pricing environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into investment processes remains the biggest hurdle for integration. Speaking at the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA) conference yesterday, Ian ...

Atom joins SII global group

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
South Africa's second largest wealth management group, Sanlam International Investments (SII), has established an Australia-Pacific beach head through its acquisition of Atom Funds Management, a niche Australian boutique small-cap investment manager. ...

Plum cuts missing TFNs by 11pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... from 14,400 to 900. Only 834 Plum members paid tax because they did not provide a TFN. "Our statistics are telling us the ATO's initiative to provide TFNs to super funds last year was highly successful, however that initiative alone only accounted for ...

New super book for indigenous mob

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... booklet is available on ASIC's website, FIDO, or by calling the regulator's information line and the Australian Tax Office (ATO).

AUSfund rolls out $4.3m

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... campaign, AUSfund's ongoing strategies to promote member relocation exercises include cross fund matching, address matching, ATO matching and public advertising through television and online mediums.

Tax free pension not without trade-offs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
... some members may be doing themselves a disservice by invoking this strategy." For example, using the Australian Tax Offices (ATO) formula, a deceased super fund member with $300,000 taxable savings would receive an anti detriment payment of $52,941 ...