News

Clime names new advice, SMSF administration head

January 30, 2019

Clime Investment Management has recruited the former head of private wealth at two major banks to head its private wealth business.

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Administration, Superannuation

SMSF Association highlights value of Class data

January 29, 2019

Jason Spits

The SMSF Association has claimed cost comparison data produced by Class is an important corrective to numbers presented in the Productivity Commission’s final report.

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Administration, Regulation

Time ticking on six-member SMSF proposal

January 29, 2019

Malavika Santhebennur

Six-member SMSF strategies may need to be postponed given the government may be unable to legislate the proposal before the election.

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ASIC, Superannuation

SMSF product design obligations hard to police

January 29, 2019

Jason Spits

Adding product design and distribution obligations to the creation of SMSFs would be hard to monitor, according to an actuarial firm.

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Administration, Business News

SuperConcepts names interim CEO

January 29, 2019

Jason Spits

SuperConcepts has named an interim CEO while it seeks a permanent replacement for Natasha Fenech.

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Superannuation

PC report doesn’t match evidence presented

January 24, 2019

Jason Spits

Rice Warner has criticised the Productivity Commission’s final report into superannuation, claiming the organisation moved away from the evidence presented to it.

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ATO, Superannuation

Potential confusion flagged with division 293 notices

January 24, 2019

Malavika Santhebennur

The way information is presented on the redesigned ATO division 293 assessment notices has the potential to cause confusion for SMSFs employing a contributions reserve

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ATO, Superannuation

ATO aids contributions cap compliance

January 24, 2019

Darin Tyson-Chan

The regulator will assist practitioners and their SMSF clients in complying with the new non-concessional contributions cap rules.

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Financial Planning, Regulation

SMSF advisers add to rise in planner numbers

January 23, 2019

Jason Spits

The number of advisers increased rapidly in late 2018, driven partly by SMSF advice providers registering before the imposition of new education standards.

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Strategy

Staying segregated may become a headache

January 23, 2019

Malavika Santhebennur

SMSFs can maintain a small accumulation balance to avoid using the segregated method for ECPI and reduce the associated administrative complexities, a lawyer has suggested.

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