SMSF sector loses out under new industry education & professional standards

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Although he welcomes the financial service sector’s education and professional standards introduced into Parliament last year, industry consultant and former planner John Wiseman says the new changes have overlooked a

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Past SMSF advice and practices by accountants will be a PI and legal dilemma post July 1

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Industry consultant John Wiseman predicts that the ‘head in the sand’ approach many accountants and SMSF trustee/members chose to adopt leading up the expiration of the July 2016 exemption is

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John Wiseman predicts SAFs to become a serious consideration for planners and investors post July 2016

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Industry consultant John Wiseman firmly believes that in the SMSF sector, little understood superannuation solution small APRA Funds (SAFs) will be considered far more favourably and seriously by planners and

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Demand by retired Australians will challenge the financial advice landscape

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Demand from retired Australians will profoundly change the future of financial advice with planners challenged to provide solutions that capitalise and more effectively utilise the dormant wealth and value locked

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Planners at risk in new financial environment if Fixed Income definition not clarified correctly

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Industry consultant John Wiseman warns financial planners are at risk in the current economic environment of interest rates falling to historical lows if they fail to correctly clarify the role

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SMSF trustee/member concerns rapidly escalating as ramifications of changes are understood

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As the July 1 SMSF accountants’ exemption nears, and the impact the SMSF changes will have on accountants and SMSF trustees and members is revealed, is it any wonder that

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For too long SMSF has been an amateur’s DIY project; reality is about to bite hard says John Wiseman

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Reflecting on the tsunami of issues about to engulf accountants and SMSF holders, industry consultant John Wiseman points to the impact it will have on costs and fees – one

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Planners will be SMSF July 1 winners, accountants will ‘miss the boat’ & clients to face fee cost shock!

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With time now fast approaching for the July 1st deadline whereby the accountants SMSF Advice exemption will be removed, the big winners will be qualified compliant ready Financial Planners in

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