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Advisers optimistic on SMSFs despite changing skill set

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... revenue, despite cost of advice falling and the specialist skills required. The Vanguard/Investment Trends Self Managed Super Fund Planner Report showed despite total revenue from SMSFs falling from 24% in 2011 to 21%, advisers were still optimistic ...

Streamlined SMSF software creates adviser revenue stream

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... on the market that enable an easy flow of client information, said Peter Burgess, technical director, Self Managed Super fund Association of Australia. "The software development out there enables that information to be extracted easier and more efficiently ...

SPAA brands SuperStream costs illogical

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... Australia (SPAA) has dismissed calls by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) for self managed super fund members to make significant contributions towards the SuperStream levy. Andrea Slattery chief executive officer of SPAA refuted ...

SMSFs should pay SuperStream levy: AIST

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
Self-managed super funds are the biggest superannuation sector by dollars and will be major beneficiaries of the SuperStream reforms and so should contribute to the levy being imposed on other fund members, argues the AIST. Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

SMSF Trustees want compensation: SPAA

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
The Self Managed Super Fund professionals' Association of Australia has rejected calls for a levy to be imposed on SMSF trustees to fund a compensation scheme. In the wake of the Trio fraud there has been a misconception as to what the legal standing ...

HIP Super enters advice partnership

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
Health Industry Plan (HIP) has formed a strategic partnership with IOOF subsidiary, Bridges Financial Services for fee-for-service, flexible and scalable advice. According to HIP, transparency of cost structures and the provision of single and multi-issue ...

Trio investor secures damages from adviser

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... said she has now recouped a "significant amount" of what she lost. "This highlights that trustees and self managed super fund investors potentially have other options in the advent of theft or fraud," said Peter Burgess, technical director, SMSF Professionals' ...

ATO clarifies borrowing issues for SMSFs

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
The Australian Tax Office has clarified what is meant by a 'single acquirable asset' and what constitutes repair or maintenance of an asset, according to the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia. The release of the Self Managed Superannuation ...

Property syndicate launches for HNW and SMSFs

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
Charter Hall Direct Property has launched a new single property syndicate for high net worth investors and self managed super funds, in response to growing demand for investment opportunities in Perth's CBD. "We are currently in one of the best buying ...

ASMA partners with OneVue for platform launch

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... she said. The association which was established last year to support and represent the growing number of self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees, currently has approximately 2000 members and expects to have around 5000 in the coming months.