Articles by Jason Spits

ASIC

SMSF advice up for further review after probes

ASIC will use recommendations from the Productivity Commission and banking royal commission to inform its next review of advice in the SMSF sector.

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Superannuation, Tax

ALP proposals aimed at boosting industry funds

Proposed changes to superannuation and tax are designed to bolster industry funds, according to I Love SMSF founder Grant Abbott.

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ASIC, Regulation

ASIC sets up new enforcement arm following RC

ASIC has created a separate enforcement division as part of its response to the recommendations of the banking royal commission.

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Investments, Platforms

Macquarie joins OpenInvest platform

Macquarie Investment Management (MIM) has been added to the OpenInvest platform, joining six other investment managers on the fledgling service.

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Documentation, Estate Planning, Financial Planning

SMSF expert to launch automated document service

A new automated document creation service built by I Love SMSF founder Grant Abbott will hit the market at the end of February.

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ASIC, Regulation

ASIC appeals best interest duty court decision

ASIC will return to the Federal Court to lodge an appeal regarding a test case around the provision of personal advice.

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Education

Industry veterans offer exam, PY mentoring

Advisers will be able to access a new professional year and exam mentoring program launched by two long-serving industry members.

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Superannuation

SMSF result strong as AMP profit plunges

The performance of AMP’s SMSF business, SuperConcepts, remained strong amid a significant fall in profits experienced by the financial services company.

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Regulation

Bill to expand SMSF size tabled

SMSFs will be able to service up to six members by mid-year under legislation introduced into Parliament today.

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Administration, Tax

Class offers new automated tax statement service

Class has introduced an automated tax statement system that can create individual or bulk statements for directly held securities.

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