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Former NAB adviser launches non-aligned platform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
Former NAB Private Wealth adviser Sarah Hackney has launched a new open architecture independent advice platform, called Full Circle Wealth Management. The new business, backed by former Ellerston Capital chief executive Glenn Poswell, is aimed primarily ...

Lonsec launches ETF model portfolios for advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... international equities, property securities, fixed interest and cash. Lonsec said that the offer will appeal to self-managed super fund (SMSF) investors. "There is rising interest from financial advisers as they realise how ETFs can be used to help their ...

Media Super to launch MDI option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... needs and in particular the reason why some high-balance members are (like in every other fund) transferring to self-managed super funds. "I also directed my staff to start calling every member with a significant balance to speak directly with them about ...

SPAA calls for reduction in SMSF levy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
The Australian Taxation Office's (ATOs) annual levy on self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) should be reduced in the May budget, according to the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA). SPAA's senior manager, technical and policy ...

New laws target promoters of early release schemes

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... in illegally accessing their superannuation before the preservation age, often involving the improper use of self-managed super funds (SMSFs). While the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) (SIS) Act already stipulates when early release of funds is ...

First Financial joins BT Select

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... in funds under advice, 60 staff, including 17 financial planners, four lending and finance advisers, and a self-managed super fund (SMSF) administration team "First Financial's future growth aspirations are very exciting and we look forward to supporting ...

Financial Index launches low-cost advice platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... rolling out financial planning services, but future phases include integrating online accounting, lending and self-managed super funds (SMSF) solutions. Financial Index claims that the MOVO service costs about ten times less than its traditional financial ...

ATO doing a good job on SMSFs: Cooper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is rising to the challenge of efficiently regulating the self-managed superannuation sector, according to Challenger's chairman of retirement income Jeremy Cooper. Cooper said that, contrary to perceptions that it ...

ASIC: no plans for SMSF balance threshold

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has no plans to prevent financial planners from providing advice for self-managed superannuation funds with balances under $100,000. Speaking at the 2014 SPAA SMSF National Conference in Brisbane ...

SMSF industry welcomes more flexible penalties

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
The government's re-introduction of measures that allow for more flexible penalties for trustees who breach rules has received general support from the self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) industry. Speaking at the 10th SPAA SMSF National Conference ...