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Advice main concern in FOS investment disputes

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... retail funds and 38% were about self-managed super funds (SMSF). The report reveals that 38% of those lodging disputes about SMSFs are complaining about appropriate advice. For those lodging disputes about retail funds, inappropriate advice accounted ...

Demand for industrial property exceeds expectations

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... in 10 months. DIF2 was launched in December 2012 in direct response to demand from investors, self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and financial advisers for a second vehicle providing exposure to prime industrial property, after the success of Charter Hall ...

ASIC warns consumers about NRAS property ads

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
... Investments Commission (ASIC) has warned consumers about advertising that promotes the use of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) to invest in residential properties through the National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS). NRAS is run by the Australian ...

Market Vectors lists first Aussie banking ETF

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... towards direct investments. All of these factors have favoured a shift towards ETFs. "We believe higher demand will come from SMSFs, the fastest growing segment of the superannuation sector with about A$500 billion in assets, attracted by the ease of ...

FIIG to manage new mid-cap corporate bond issue

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... that demand for the bonds had come from a range of sources including private investors, self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) and institutions. When the PMP Limited issue is completed, FIIG will have raised more than $300 million in corporate bonds ...

Midwinter adapts planner software to client profile

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms and the best interest duty. The new SOA focuses on self-managed super funds (SMSFs), portfolio review, portfolio management and research. AdviceOS has transitioned from a beta testing phase into a full release ...

75,000 SMSFs non-compliant: ATO

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
The Australian Taxation Office has admitted that as many as 75,000 SMSFs totaling assets up to $50 billion could be breaking the rules, leading some in the industry to suggest that the sector should be subject to tighter regulation. Last month Australian ...

Industry funds ask for specialised SMSF adviser training

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
... Commission (ASIC) Consultation Paper 212 on adviser training. "AIST and ISN believe that the knowledge requirements for SMSFs are different enough from APRA-regulated superannuation funds to require a new specialist knowledge section," the submission ...

Wealth Within targets SMSFs with new platform

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
... per month plus 0.1025 per cent a year. It offers Australia's first direct property offering through a platform and allows SMSFs to gear directly into property. It also covers multiple asset classes including managed funds, managed accounts, model portfolios ...

BGL forms alliance with DBA Lawyers

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
... for trustees. Through BGL's Simple Fund 360 web SMSF administration solution, BGL clients will be able to establish SMSFs and update existing SMSF deeds with DBA Lawyers. "Clients will simply set up the fund details in Simple Fund 360, click a button ...