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Planners ignore EMs when advising clients

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... aware of the opportunities. If people are going to make their own investment decisions, especially through a self managed super fund, it is critical that the industry informs them of all the options, she said. Australian investors who responded to the ...

Investor cash obsession worries wealth creators

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... Investment Trends suggests that ongoing uncertainty is leaving investors fearful. According to the research house's Self Managed Super Funds Investor Intention Report, one-year capital return expectations may have risen since March 2012, but most trustees ...

Beware greedy SMSF intermediaries

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... be vigilant to planners and accountants who see them as a cash cow. "A lot of people are being rolled into self managed super to generate fees for the people that are rolling them in there," he said. "As a whole, the industry has the best interests of ...

Mercer partners with superMate in SMSF market

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... cloud platform superMate to offer its clients a more efficient service to order actuarial certificates. The self managed super fund (SMSF) administration provider 'superMate' is designed to allow accountants, wealth managers and advisers who administer ...

SMSF members still happiest

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... returns, more fund members are satisfied with their industry fund's performance than are retail fund members but self managed super fund (SMSF) members continue to be the most satisfied. The results are reported in the latest Roy Morgan 'Superannuation ...

SelectingSuper 2012 awards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... offer. They range from the Workplace, Personal and Retirement Products of the Year in multiple categories, to Self Managed Super Fund Administrator of the Year, to Fund of the Year and a range of special achievements for funds and people that have impacted ...

Mortgage brokers told to target SMSFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
The exponential growth in self managed super funds is turning them into one of the most attractive sectors of the investment market, this time attracting the interest of mortgage brokers who are being told they should target the sector. Doug Lee, head ...

Investment managers pocket $6.2 billion in super fees

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... funds, with 29% of FUM, and which also have around 46% of total members, account for 56% of the total fees. Self managed super funds, with 33% of FUM and 8% of members draw the remaining 10%. This $20.1 billion figure includes group insurance commissions. ...

Next-gen platforms cater for wealth management renaissance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
... estimates that since the GFC, up to a third of platform assets in some segments have been transferred into self managed super funds (SMSF) - a shift that's regarded as structurally unsustainable. Rainmaker analysis reveals that while SMSFs increased ...

Self managed super a furfie

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
While the rush to SMSFs is 'pennies from heaven' for administration solution providers, the bigger opportunity is building platforms to help members make better investment decisions and monitor their performance. Paul Sainsbury, managing director of ...