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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 ...

ASMA dismisses SMSF property bubble fears

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
... the housing sector over fears that a combination of low interest rates and new rules allowing geared investments through SMSFs could be contributing to a bubble in the sector. ASMA called this "an over-reaction" and pointed figures derived from its own ...

Abbott sticks to his promise on SMSF regulation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... deputy commissioner for Superannuation Stuart Forsyth also jumped into the discussion and added that ATO figures suggest that SMSFs have only 3% of assets invested in residential property. "The Cooper Review 2010 established a review of borrowing provisions ...