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Super Plus switches to SMSF fintech

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
Brisbane-based SMSF administrator Super Plus is migrating its clients to Mclowd, which provides its core software for free. The administrator has entered into a five-year agreement with Mclowd - a fintech with about $1 billion in super assets under ...

Intiger hires global head for AI software push

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
Financial planning software developer Intiger Group has appointed a global head of productivity and optimization. George Jaja joins from Commonwealth Bank's wealth management division where he was "instrumental in driving major change programs." In ...

Labor's amended cash dividend refunds fall short: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
... Party's attempt to protect age pensioners from its proposed excess dividend imputation credits reform still falls short, the SMSF Association says. Labor introduced the Pensioner Guarantee yesterday as a way to protect pensioners from abolishing cash ...

OneVue sells SMSF admin business

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... "consistent with our growth strategy, building the scale, reach and capability of our market leading administration offering to SMSF trustees." "SuperConcepts now has a comprehensive suite of product and service solutions for SMSF trustees, accountants ...

Industry responds to latest FASEA guidance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... advisers who are close to retirement and cannot justify doing an eight subject Graduate Diploma," the AFA said. Meanwhile, the SMSF Association welcomed the new guidelines and labelled them a positive step forward. "The guidance, when coupled with the ...

SMSFs continue to break with tradition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... stocks by the self-managed superannuation sector is growing as lower returns see investors turning their back on traditional SMSF portfolio darlings. According to the latest CommSec SMSF Trading Trends Report, SMSFs are taking heed from global economic ...

Praemium data feeds added to BGL platform

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... select clients in late 2017.It then worked with service provider to refine the final product, released recently. However, the SMSF administration software provider thinks the future lies in artificial intelligence. Lesh said BGL has been working on a ...

Convicted SMSF auditor disqualified

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
ASIC has disqualified a Melbourne-based SMSF auditor who is serving a jail term for previous charges. Nayanaka Arjuna Samarakoon pleaded guilty to criminal offences that included dealing with property reasonably suspected of being proceeds of crime ...

SMSFs ceding ground to direct investors in the ETF market

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... interest from the millennial contingent, according to Investment Trends and BetaShares research. The research found that while SMSF investors remain a key market for ETF inflows, their share of the total market declined from 38% to 33% in 2017. This ...

Labor's imputation credit reform cops industry backlash

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... receive from excess dividend imputation credits to shut a "generous" tax loophole mostly benefiting self-managed super funds (SMSF). The SMSF Association has hit back at the proposal claiming it unfairly targets the SMSF sector. SMSF Association chief ...