With plans to build its exchange-traded fund capabilities in Australia, State Street Global Advisers has appointed Amanda Skelly as head of SPDR ETFs....
With the ASX considering the final look of its new listed managed fund service, questions remain over whether Aqua II will attract wholesale fund managers to make the lea...
Despite welcoming the Government's decision to defer the proposed ban on off-market transfers between SMSFs and related parties where a market exists, SPAA continues to l...
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia is continuing to advocate tighter legislative controls around off-market transfers, despite the Government's decision to ...
SPAA concerned about the degree to which SMSFs will be levied on SuperStream....
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has hit back at calls for self-managed super funds to pay more towards the SuperStream levy....
SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery believes the new licensing regime set to replace the accountants' exemption would create a bigger role for the association....
The ban on off-market transfers for self-managed superannuation funds will not go ahead as planned from 1 July 2012, and is likely to be delayed for one year, according t...
The cost of registering as a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditor is likely to be in the hundreds of dollars rather than thousands, according to SMSF Professio...
Mike Taylor writes that the Federal Opposition has signalled some of the so-called ‘concessions’ extracted around the passage of the FOFA bills may not have a life beyond...
The Federal Opposition has signalled it remains to be convinced about either introducing or supporting legislation which would restrict the use of the terms 'financial pl...
Industry experts believe proposed legislation and a new licensing regime will give way to like-for-like cost comparisons between SMSFs, industry and retail superannuation...
According to the chief executive of SPAA, Andrea Slattery, ATO figures showing SMSF fees decreasing prove SMSFs are well-positioned to compete with other superannuation s...
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has moved to correct the "misconception" that SMSF trustees have no legal options ahead of them in the event of fr...
There are gaps in the financial services market that a "true advice model" can help to fill, according to Yellow Brick Road (YBR) chief executive Matt Lawler....
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....