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Banned for taking $4m from SMSFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... with ActiveSuper and Royale Capital owners Jason Burrows and Justin Gibson, raised $4.75 million from over 200 SMSF investors (aiming to raise at least $20 million). They intended to establish an offshore share scheme in the US and British Virgin Islands ...

ASIC seeks more bans in SMSF advice crackdown

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... banning orders ranging from 7.5 years to permanent for individuals participating in providing unlicensed advice to SMSF investors. The regulator has provided submissions to the Federal Court, specifically mentioning property developer Craig Gore and ...

FEATURE: Australia's other love affair

FINANCIAL STANDARD  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... than the equity market and strongly correlated to it. Because of that, they suggest treating it as a growth asset. SMSF investors' exposure to property has been widely discussed over the past few months, especially following strong statements from the ...

SMSF the next frontier for robo advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... but they were primarily targeting the large number of investors who did not seek financial advice, which includes SMSF investors. "Given the large number of Australians who do not seek financial advice, there's clearly an opportunity for the local ...

SMSFs attract too much criticism

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... not always so willing so it's up to all of us to defend the sector." Defending the asset allocation decisions of SMSF investors, which have faced criticism from experts for being too thinly invested in international shares, Burgess said critics overlook ...

FEATURE: Understanding mFund

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... $543 billion that is invested through self-managed super funds sits in managed investment schemes. Furthermore, SMSF investors are vastly under-invested in international securities. The latest available ATO data shows that the segment has less than 1% ...

Accountants interested in mFund: OneVue

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... investments, funds with international exposure and equity and infrastructure funds. "There is a growing demand from SMSF investors who want to buy both managed funds and listed securities in a simple and convenient way. We expect our involvement with ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... has also escaped the attention of the Financial System Inquiry. It seems the powers at be are content to allow SMSF investors to control their own affairs without too much probing from the regulator, but in return there is to be no compensation scheme ...

Advisers want more information from fund managers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... for self-managed super fund (SMSF) investors, who see it as a way to gain international exposure. In 2012, 61% of SMSF investors held their international allocation through managed funds, and 5% did it through ETFs. In 2014, the percentage has increased ...

BetaShares launches new equity income fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
Exchange traded fund (ETF) provider BetaShares is targeting SMSF investors and retirees with the launch of a new yield-focused ETF. The BetaShares Australian Dividend Harvester Fund (managed fund), will trade under the ASX code "HVST". It seeks to maximise ...