Government’s FoFA statement positive step in the right direction: SPAA

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Finance Minister Senator Mathias Cormann’s statement on the Coalition Government’s FoFA amendments is a positive step in the right direction for the financial advice industry, says the SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia

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SPAA supports best interest ‘catch all’ removal, but general advice and conflicted remuneration remain a concern

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The SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) strongly supports the catch-all provisions of the best interest duty recommendations by the Senate Economics Legislation Committee. But SPAA remains concerned by its decision to

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Number of SMSF members tops one million

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It’s official. The numbers of SMSF members has now topped one million, according to the Australian Taxation Office’s March 2014 SMSF statistical report.  The report shows the number of SMSF

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ATO warning highlights need for specialist auditors

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The importance of the SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) SMSF Specialist Auditor (SSAud) program has been highlighted by the warning by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) that it will

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SPAA makes two key appointments to executive team

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The SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) has made two key appointments to its executive team. Richard Hockney has been appointed General Manager, Corporate Development, and Joshua Geers is the

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SPAA to host State Technical Conferences for SMSF professionals

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The SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) has organised an exciting program for its annual State Technical Conferences series that begins in Sydney on 22 July. The day-long conferences, titled

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FATCA agreement gets thumbs up from SPAA

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The SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) welcomes the decision reached between the US and Australian governments to exclude self-managed super funds and superannuation from the United States’ Foreign Account Tax

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Allegations that SMSFs don’t provide information ‘spurious’

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Allegations that SMSFs don’t provide the same level of information about their asset allocation as the larger APRA-regulated funds are simply spurious, says Andrea Slattery, CEO of the SMSF Professionals’

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The values that SPAA espouses

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With our national conference behind us, and as a 2014 unfolds amid several inquiries critical to our industry, I thought it was an important time to remind members of the

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SPAA and Macquarie to launch SMSF business models survey

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The SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) and Macquarie have launched a new in-depth survey to understand how financial advisers, accountants, administrators and stockbrokers structure their SMSF businesses. The survey aims

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