APRA has no regulatory role to play in SMSF sector: SPAA

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The SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) has dismissed calls for the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) to regulate self managed super funds as being “willfully ignorant” of how this

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SMSFs notch solid asset growth in first quarter

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The self managed superannuation sector showed solid asset growth in the three months to 30 September 2013, according to the latest statistics from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). SMSF

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SPAA welcomes ASIC aim to improve standard of advice

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The SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) has welcomed ASIC’s goal to improve the standard of advice given to prospective SMSF trustees. Outlining SPAA’s stance on advisor training and education

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SPAA submission to ASIC takes issue on SMSF costs

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The SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) has questioned the cost findings of the actuarial firm Rice Warner in its submission to ASIC on Consultation Paper CP216. The SPAA submission,

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SPAA backs ASIC move to improve standard of advice – but says compensation warning ‘too simplistic’

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The SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) has outlined its stance on the disclosure of SMSF risks in its submission to ASIC on Consultation Paper CP216. SPAA CEO Andrea Slattery

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SPAA says competency test for trustees ‘elitist’

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The notion that SMSF trustees should have a “competency test” as suggested by the visiting European financial literacy specialist Robert Holzmann has been rejected by the SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia

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SPAA backs ASIC warning on SMSF property investment

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The SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australian (SPAA) fully supports the ASIC statement issued on Wednesday that strongly warns the real estate industry about agents recommending investors to use an SMSF

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Scrapping tax on pension earnings exceeding $100k gets tick from SPAA

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The SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) yesterday welcomed the Coalition Government’s decisions to abandon the plan to tax earnings exceeding $100,000 from assets supporting self-funded pensions as well as

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Higher cap will help people be self sufficient in retirement

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The SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australian (SPAA) wants the Coalition Government to increase the concessional contribution cap above the current $35,000 limit to help meet the aspirations of all Australians

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Confusion surrounds use of franking credits in SMSFs: SPAA

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There is a lot of misunderstanding about how franking credits work in a self managed super fund (SMSF), says Graeme Colley, SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) Director, Technical and Professional Standards. Colley

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