SELF-MANAGED SUPER FUND

Policy & Regulation

Academic claims ASIC got fiduciary duty wrong and really meant ‘best interests’....

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Superannuation

Shorten tells SPAA conference the Government is committed to lifting concessional caps but rules out getting rid of them....

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Financial planning

Governments cannot legislate financial literacy, according to iPac executive director Paul Clitheroe....

Financial planning

SMSF specialists urged to factor in the inflation of bubbles....

Financial planning

Former High Court judge and patron of the SPAA, Sir Anthony Mason, believes intra-fund advice should be subject to the same fiduciary duty obligations as full advice....

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Superannuation

The ATO says it has done as much as it can with respect to excess super contributions and the matter now resides with the Government and Treasury...

Financial planning

Aviva Investors has witnessed an overwhelming response to its recently launched SMA offering, with the product having been added to approximately 100 Approved Product Lis...

Superannuation

Membership to the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) has jumped by 50 per cent in less than a year....

Superannuation

The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association (SPAA) has called for the restoration of superannuation contribution caps to pre-2009 levels and for sensible solut...

Superannuation

The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals’ Association (SPAA) has welcomed the Government’s draft legislation, which allows self-managed super funds (SMSFs) t...

Funds management

The Australian exchange traded fund market is set to grow from less than $4 billion in assets under management in December 2010 to more than $6 billion in 2011, according...

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Financial planning

The Government’s measured response to the 177 recommendations put forth in the Cooper Review has been broadly welcomed by the industry, with agreement reached on mo...

Superannuation

The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals’ Association is pushing for higher standards for financial planners who advise in the sector....

Financial planning

DKN Financial Group has taken a 20 per cent stake in Melbourne-based Moneyplan Australia – the group’s eighth succession since it launched its Equity Partners...

Superannuation

The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) has appointed Peter Crump and Andrew Hamilton to its board....

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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ASIC has taken action against a Queensland adviser who was sentenced last May for misappropriating $1.8 million from his clients....

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