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FPA, SMSFA launch specialist pathway

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023
... advisers," he said. "The SSA designation provides independent verification of an adviser's competencies to provide specialist SMSF advice as well as demonstrating their commitment to ongoing personal development in this advice space." FPA members ...

Specialist SMSF advisers need only apply

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
The final report calls for additional requirements that financial advisers must comply with before they provide SMSF advice. The Productivity Commission is again calling for specialist training for those financial advisers wishing to advise on SMSFs ...

Knowledge, action gap puts SMSF savings at risk: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... Association chief executive John Maroney said regulatory instability will always be difficult to navigate but specialist SMSF advice can help. "There really should be no barriers today for SMSFs to be run cost-effectively and to mitigate against market ...

SMSFA addresses policy hurdles

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... "compelling submission." Providing an industry update, SMSFA head of technical Peter Hogan said there was a need for specialist SMSF advice to be segregated from broader superannuation advice. Hogan added the SMSFA felt the FASEA changes were "not going ...

Industry stakeholders welcome PC report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
... association's long-held view that the establishment of an SMSF should only ever take place following the advice of a specialist SMSF adviser. The association also welcomed the report's recommendations for the broader industry, with Maroney stating: "Proposed ...

PeakSuper eyes expansion

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
... advisers who can meet all their needs. However growth in the market is coming from the rise of the lower-cost specialist SMSF administration firm, whose average SMSF trustee client base has risen from 90,000 in 2015 to 125,000 today. "The reason this ...

Advice demand lags behind SMSF growth

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2017
... growth. Growth in the market, according to Investment Trends, is really only coming from the rise of the lower-cost specialist SMSF administration firm, whose average SMSF trustee client base has risen from 90,000 in 2015 to 125,000 today. "The reason ...

Libertas launches licensing to attract SMSF specialists

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... will appeal to accountants looking for an independently owned and non-aligned licensee with no product ties. "Specialist SMSF accountants are looking for a seamless transition to the new licensing regime, while they continue to do what they have been ...

Advice firm made to take specialist SMSF training

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
ASIC has requested all advisers in an SMSF advice firm complete specialist training following an investigation. CMH Financial Group was found to have provided advice that, in the regulator's view, "did not demonstrate that the advice provider had acted ...

SPAA backs government position on SMSFs

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... that are unsure of the superannuation pension rules should seek to educate themselves about them as well as get specialist SMSF advice to help them meet their obligations. "Specialist SMSF advice can play an important role in assisting the trustees and ...
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