SMSF trustees to take centre stage at SPAA’s 2015 National Conference

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Understanding the self-managed super fund lifecycle and knowing how to use that knowledge to benefit clients is the theme of the 2015 SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) National Conference

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New APRA data shows FSC member funds outperform industry funds

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The first report on MySuper performance and fees released by APRA yesterday is a game changer for the way superannuation is reported, the Financial Services Council said. Andrew Bragg, FSC Director

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Regulation of Australia’s financial system ‘needs overhauling’

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The Financial System Inquiry (FSI) should seize the moment and recommend an overhaul of the regulation of Australia’s financial system, says Alex Erskine, managing director and founder of Erskinomics Consulting.

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No turning back: Arbitrary transfer to MySuper exposes members to risk with no recourse

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The arbitrary transfer of thousands of personal superannuation accounts to MySuper is already underway and members have absolutely no recourse for any investment losses or life insurance lost as a

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Investec to focus on core strengths with the sale of its Professional Finance and Asset Finance & Leasing divisions

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Investec Bank (Australia)  announced last Friday that its parent company Investec Holdings (Australia), has entered into a definitive agreement with Bank of Queensland (BOQ) to sell its Professional Finance business

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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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SPAA says professional advice should underpin super choice

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The $10,200 penalty imposed by ASIC on Media Super is a warning shot across the bows of APRA-regulated funds about their public commentary on SMSFs. Graeme Colley, Director, Technical and

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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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Orient Capital achieves industry first with electronic super fund reporting to APRA

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Link Group subsidiaries Orient Capital, AAS and Link Super collaborate to provide solution for super fund clients Forty seven superannuation funds representing over 4 million members have for the first

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