Both clarity and delay for SMSF sector

The SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) has welcomed the Federal Government’s decision to defer the proposed ban on off-market transfers between SMSFs and related parties where a market exists.

According to the Federal Treasury website, the proposed ban is now planned to take effect from July 1, 2013.

SPAA technical director Peter Burgess says the decision to defer the start date is necessary to give Treasury more time to work out a number of serious practical issues that threaten to de-rail the measure.

To watch an interview with Burgess, who yesterday addressed the SPAA Technical Conference on a range of issues, click on the video below.

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Advice is the number one weapon against retirees’ FORO

Advice is the number one weapon against retirees’ FORO

The problem of retirees not drawing down enough of their retirement savings for fear of running out appeared front-and-centre at a recent superannuation industry roundtable. But it’s not a new issue for advisers, and the CoreData/Conexus Financial Best Possible Retirement study shows just why access to advice is “the single clearest lever for improving retirement readiness”.

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