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BGL partners with Australia Post on SuperStream

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... BGL managing director Ron Lesh said. "We needed to find a way to make it really easy for our clients to sign up 380,000 SMSFs in a very short period of time." Lesh said that, of all the SuperStream gateway providers that tendered, Australia Post stood ...

SMSFs eye offshore assets

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) investors have signaled much stronger appetite for investing offshore compared to their non-self-managed counterparts. According to the latest Certitude Global Investing Intentions Index (CGIII) report, 50% of SMSF investors ...

Industry funds should offer SMSFs: QMV

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
Industry superannuation funds should consider offering self-managed super funds (SMSFs) to their members, according to QMV Super Solutions chief executive Brad Goodall. Goodall, who heads up the Melbourne-based superannuation technology consultant and ...

SPAA defends status quo on SMSF regulation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... regulated superannuation sector said, firstly, that all superannuation should be regulated by one regulator, and secondly, that SMSFs were inappropriately regulated. But Slattery said this point of view was born out of misunderstanding. "There's a lack ...

AUI Healthcare Property Trust added to North platform

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... interest rate environment, unlisted property funds are presenting an attractive asset class, particularly for pensioners and SMSFs who typically seek out long-term, consistently high-yielding, investments," Purcell continued. The Australian Unity Real ...

SMSFs double use of retail investment managers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
... for Life research. Retail investment managers who have provided a combination of investment and administration services to SMSFs represent now 8.5% of total SMSF assets as at June 2013. Retail managers administer $42 billion of SMSF assets as at June ...

SMSF regulation to remain 'light touch': Sinodinos

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
The regulation of self-managed super funds (SMSFs) is unlikely to change much under the Abbott government, according to Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos. The speedy growth of the SMSF sector has led some commentators to question whether the Australian ...

Planners need discretion on SMSF cost advice: SPAA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013

Banned adviser spent client savings on sports car business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... motorbike business. According to ASIC, Nakhl advised some clients, including those in self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs), to send money for him to invest in a high interest rate account on their behalf. The regulator said it is concerned Nakhl ...

HOSTPLUS direct investing option sees $9 million take-up

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013