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ECT relief should apply to non-concessional contributions: SPAA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... However, Slattery said penalising excess non-concessional - or after-tax - contributions is also unfair. "The peak body for SMSFs believes a similar refunding option should apply to excess non-concessional contributions as it is the excess non-concessional ...

AMP targets SMSFs for infrastructure and property funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
AMP Capital is launching a website as part of a new marketing campaign aimed at encouraging self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investors to branch out into infrastructure and non-residential property. While residential property is a popular investment ...

Endowment bond product frees SMSFs to add risk

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The steady stream of reliable income provided by endowment bonds provides self-funded retirees with the certainty to take greater risk elsewhere in their portfolios, according to Endowment Bond Exchange (EBX) chief executive officer Stephen Duchesne. ...

Class Super beats BGL to launch automated property valuator

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... provider Class Super has teamed up with property valuator RP Data to launch an automated property valuations service for SMSFs, ahead of BGL's planned launch of a similar service in two weeks. Class Super chief executive Rajarshi Ray said the service ...

Hunter Hall founder targets instos and SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
Parker Asset Management has re-launched in Australia as Altair Asset Management to reflect a broadening of its business beyond family office and private wealth investment to include institutional and retail clients. Philip Parker, who co-founded Hunter ...

BGL adds bank data to SMSF software

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... BGL Corporate Solutions will add a bank data service to its administration software for self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs). The bank data can be downloaded to BGL's Simple Fund and Simple Fund 360, and "completes the picture" of BGL's offering ...

ASIC releases more detail on limited AFS licence

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... limited AFS licence from July 1, 2013. The limited AFS licence will allow accountants to advice on financial product for SMSFs and, in certain circumstances, advice on a client's existing superannuation. Accountants will also be able to give advice on ...

Fund CEOs slam MySuper as 'death by a thousand cuts'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... that the government's tinkering with super regulations would continue to push members towards self-managed super funds (SMSFs). Some respondents said they were countering this by offering more self-directed offerings - 'SMSF lookalikes' as one chief ...

AQUA II poses a challenge to wraps

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... there was "absolutely no shortage" of fund managers to sign up to the AMFS. "It lets fund managers put the product where SMSFs like to trade," he said. Although Hesketh said fund managers would like to see restrictions lifted on more complex managed ...

ANZ launches SMSF investment solution

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... than capital growth, ANZ Equities and Wealth head of Sales in Australia Irene Deutsch said. The product is appealing for SMSFs because "it is the kind of sophisticated offer that they demand," she explained. Investors can purchase directly a wide range ...