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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 rebrands as SMSF Association

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has renamed itself the SMSF Association. According to SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery, the change occurred because the organisation needs to "[reflect] the importance of the SMSF ...

SMSF sector enters next phase

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... large amount of money being rolled into SMSFs, but the trend is changing," the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) director of technical and professional standards Graeme Colley said. He attributed the shift to the fact that many more ...

SPAA backs government position on SMSFs

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) chief executive Andrea Slattery said that reassurances by Treasurer Joe Hockey and Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg about the Government's support for the key principles of superannuation are ...

MLC partners with SPAA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
MLC has partnered with the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) to provide advisers with self-managed super fund (SMSF) advice accreditation, training and support. Under the scheme, MLC and NAB licensees who attain SPAA accreditation ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... benefits wealthy SMSF members who pay a lower proportion of tax inside super than outside when compared to lower income earners. SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery has downplayed those concerns, arguing the same tax rules apply across the board. One ...

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 ...

SMSF court case highlights penalty uncertainties

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... "early admissions" and cooperated to solve the issue. Commenting on the case, SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) director of technical and professional standards Graeme Colley said: "I see this case as being quite serious because of ...

Funding for the government's adviser register unclear

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... Planning Association (FPA), the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) welcomed the initiative.

Advice associations under conflict of interest on professionalism: ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... advocating for a co-regulated model between ASIC and the associations. The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) argued that a co-regulatory approach "would allow professional associations to drive professionalism by setting their members ...
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