SPAA

Accounting

SPAA hopes to become part of the limited advice licensing regime by offering its Public Practice Certificate to accountant members....

Superannuation

SPAA argues against codes based purely on obviating opt-in or being approved for licensees or dealer groups....

Superannuation

A number of risks are looming large on the radars of SMSF advisers, according to the principal of consultant actuarial firm Rice Warner, Michael Rice....

Superannuation

The Federal Government has received a further call to stop tinkering with the superannuation policy settings - this time via research conducted by Rice Warner on behalf o...

People & Products

The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has appointed Brett Kenny to the board....

Financial planning

SMSFs perform similarly regardless of whether trustees rely on advisers, accountants or their own research, according to a Rice Warner study....

Superannuation

There has been debate around how SMSFs use limited recourse borrowing arrangements. SPAA technical director Peter Burgess weighs up the benefits and risks....

Accounting

Members could inflict pain on accounting groups which seek to promulgate APES 230....

Superannuation

The risks inherent in limited recourse borrowing are significant and should be considered carefully by SMSF trustees, according to Peter Burgess, technical director of th...

Superannuation

SPAA has warned LRBA arrangements within SMSFs come with their fair share of risks....

Superannuation

SPAA CEO Andrea Slattery points to possibilities for SMSFs in biotechnology and life science investment....

Superannuation

The Self-Managed Superannuation Fund Professionals' Association (SPAA) has laid out the case for the increased recognition of professional SMSF auditors....

Superannuation

The SMSF sector is well placed to deal with the challenges of post-retirement, according to SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery....

Superannuation

The complexity of the self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) space is rapidly outpacing SMSF auditors, according to Chan and Naylor director of financial planning David ...

Financial planning

Professional codes of conduct should be the responsibility of financial services licensees rather than industry associations in order to be fairer to consumers, according...

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