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HOSTPLUS awards custody tender to Citi, gets MySuper licence

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... along side of us," he said. "In the next 12-18 months we plan to restructure HOSTPLUS into a PST to provide services for SMSFs. The custodian will play a pivotal part in this," Sicilia said. This is Citi's first independently acquired super fund client ...

Industry under-prepared for SuperStream: Bravura

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... Advice (FoFA) and MySuper, the need to retain clients, stemming the loss of business to self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs). "The recent volume of super reforms has led to funds and administrators implementing seemingly stop-gap solutions to meet ...

One third of SMSF advice is poor: ASIC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... trustees and potential trustees has found that while most advice quality is adequate, there is a trend towards recommending SMSFs as the default solution. The investigation reflects how, despite SMSFs not being prudentially regulated, consumer and disclosure ...

BGL to provide automated property data for SMSFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... superannuation and corporate software solutions. Its Simple Fund software is used to administer over 75% of Australia's 490,000 SMSFs with assets of more than $350 billion.

Sherry joins calls to watch SMSF property spruikers

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... about the high fee-to-assets ratio being paid by SMSF members with relatively small balances. "Data shows us that 20% of SMSFs have less that $200,000 in assets under management - fees for those members range from anywhere between 2.8% and 8%. That's ...

Coalition vow to leave SMSFs alone

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... tightening of SMSF regulation," he said. He added that he was happy with the view expressed in the Cooper Review which found that SMSFs were appropriately regulated. "SMSFs are meeting a particular demand from the market and we're totally relaxed about ...

All APRA funds to offer SMSF-style choice

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... he said. "For some, the decision to offer the choice is a defense against leakage to self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs), but for others it is simply more cost-effective. Almost all APRA funds are looking at adding this menu option and I expect ...

Planners must boost SMSF specialisation: SPAA

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
Financial planners must expand their skill set to offer advice on linking self managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) to other business structures SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) membership and business development director Richard ...

ASIC targets SMSF confidence tricksters

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... commissioner Peter Kell opened the annual CPA Australia SMSF conference and expo by outlining the importance of safe-guarding SMSFs. "I urge you all to alert the regulator to any shark advice or poor practice from people trying to make a fast buck. I ...

Superannuation reforms will affect few: ASFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... super. ASFA said the confusion has arisen due to the fact that many superannuation funds, including Self Managed Super Funds (SMSFs), may have double digit returns this year, largely driven by increases in share prices in Australia and overseas. "Fund ...