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Vanguard veteran announces retirement

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022
... services some 12,000 Australian advisers. Outside of his Vanguard tenure, Bowerman served on the board of the SMSF Association, founded the FSC ETF working group and co-authored Wealth of Experience with Duffield. Vanguard Australia managing director ...

ASIC abandons $500k SMSF threshold

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
... threshold but said fund expenses are proportionality higher, and net returns lower, for lower balance funds. SMSF Association deputy chief executive Peter Burgess welcomed the news, he said: "It's a significant breakthrough for our sector to have that ...

Evidence of poor LRBA advice: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
... and, by extension, increase the risk of higher fiscal outlays through the Age Pension. Commenting on the report, SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney said: "In 2019, our response to the CFR was that an outright ban on LRBAs could be avoided ...

Super heads support capping retirement balances

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022
... fund executives formed a consensus, other industry leaders remain resolutely opposed to a cap on super balances. SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney said: "We do not and have never supported a cap on superannuation balances." "We did suggest ...

Government eyes crackdown on super tax concessions

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
... cost of high balance superannuation funds." Other voices emerging in this debate are more unexpected, like the SMSF Association, he said. "We will consult widely to inform a common, agreed objective for super. Australians need to have their say," Jones ...

Government scraps legacy tax, super measures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... recipient category for providers of pastoral care or wellbeing services in schools. On the annual audit requirements, SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney said: "It was a controversial measure that contained a range of complexities and concerns ...

Still work to do on QAR: Levy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
... Advisers chief executive Phil Anderson, Financial Planning Association of Australia chief executive Sarah Abood and SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney. So far, Levy said most of the feedback she's received has been positive. What she said ...

iExtend adds lead alliances role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2022
... he worked on in July with the Financial Planning Association of Australia, Association of Financial Advisers, SMSF Association, MDRT and XY Adviser. Building on this, Stubbings will facilitate other industry collaborations to build momentum for iExtend ...

SMSFA calls for budget amendments

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
The SMSF Association is urging Canberra to address legacy pensions and extend the temporary absence rule for non-residents in its first budget. In the Associations submissions, chief executive John Maroney highlighted several key measures that remain ...

The time is right: AFA chief

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2022
... advice space, we're the second largest," he said. "You then go to other groups and accounting bodies, the SMSF Association is there as well. Following that, there are some really small associations." Some industry feedback suggests the SMSF Association ...