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Slattery steps down from SMSF Association

ALEX BURKE, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
... successor. Slattery has been chief executive of the SMSF Association, formerly the SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA), since its formation in 2003. During that period, she presided over the industry's key representative body for the self-managed ...

SPAA "disappointed" by the FSI's SMSF borrowing recommendations

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
The SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA) has rejected the Financial System Inquiry's (FSI) recommendation that the government reinstate the prohibition on direct borrowing for limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) by superannuation ...

SPAA applauds tax changes to excess contributions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... following consultation with key stakeholders in the superannuation industry." The SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA) has lobbied the government to make this change, arguing that such contributions can attract taxes as of as much as 93% ...

SPAA urges concessional cap rethink

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
The SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA) has called for a higher concessional cap and the accurate costing of superannuation taxation concessions in its submission to the federal government's May budget. SPAA also wants the government ...

Who will fill the SMSF education gap?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... the education of financial advisers, according to Liz Ward, education manager at the SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA). Ward said more and more advisers want to get in on the action, but that many find their knowledge base is insufficient. ...

SPAA joins UN group

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
The SMSF Professionals Association of Australia has become the first Australian financial services group to join a United Nations independent financial advice convention. Yesterday the SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA) said it had joined ...

Flexibility not returns, drive SMSFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... conducted by Rice Warner Actuaries (RWA), sponsored by Vanguard and supported by the SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA). Michael Rice, managing director of RWA, said 95% of SMSF trustee cited investment control as the primary reason behind ...

Govt targets early release schemes; defers SMSF transfer ban

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... super funds (SMSF) and related parties where a market exists, until July 1, 2013. The SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA) said it understands the Government's intention was to enforce a ban on these transactions by amending subsection ...

Planners commission ban skips property

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... for planners, said Graeme Colley, director and chair of the Regulatory Committee, SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA). "The role of the financial planner and SMSF trustee is to review the fund's trust deed to ensure there are adequate ...

Improving admin could stop fraudsters: SPAA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... and stopped, according to one industry body. Andrea Slattery, chief executive at the SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA), said while the superannuation administration system is robust, it could be improved to make it much harder for people ...
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