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WHK appoints SMSF head

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... Management Consultancy and chief executive and head of strategy at The Strategist Group. She will lead a team of 120 SMSF professionals and will be responsible for developing strategies to grow the number of funds administered by WHK. WHK currently provides ...

SMSFs warned over incapacity planning

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... super fund director becoming incapacitated are ignored, a leading lawyer has warned. Speaking last week at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) national conference, Bryce Figot, director, DBA Lawyers warned that often people do not ...

Simple diversification better than 'smart beta'

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... simple strategies have done better though, and of course, they are also cheaper," Westaway told delegates at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) conference in Melbourne. "Don't overweight your portfolios as if you know - stay diversified ...

Some auditors won't be counted

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... auditor regime will be rejected, warned the boss of Australia's corporate regulator. Speaking yesterday at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) annual conference in Melbourne, Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) boss ...

Ex-drug dealers now hitting-up SMSFs: ACC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... and there was less chance of being caught. ACC executive director David Lacey warned delegates attending the SMSF Professionals' association of Australia (SPAA) national conference yesterday that criminal groups, mostly based in South East Asia, are ...

Industry urged to understand changes to transfer rules

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... harder to transfer listed assets into self managed super funds. Speaking yesterday at the opening session of the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) national conference, SPAA technical director Peter Burgess reminded delegates that this ...

Broken 'contribs law' needs fixing: SPAA

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... superannuation fund are not working and need to be changed, an industry expert said yesterday. Speaking at SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia's ( SPAA) conference in Melbourne, SPAA technical director Peter Burgess said the system needs to ...

Macquarie launches SMSF Toolkit for advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... advisers with information to help them manage SMSFs," he said. Macquaire launched last year other tools for SMSF professionals, including Macquarie's Share market Tax Facts for 2012, the re-launch of Macquarie's Little Black Book app and The Macquarie ...

SMSF trustees confident backing their limited advice

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... clients, with self managed super funds, diversify their portfolios better. Launched on the eve of the 2013 SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) national conference by both SPAA and Russell Investments, and conducted by research group Core ...

Most DIY funds won't change allocations in retirement

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... either plan to change their asset allocations or had already done so. Yesterday Russell Investments and The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) released a joint report, conducted by research-group Core Data, that revealed only 43.9% of ...