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Program

As the brochure is still being finalised please see below for the program. You will need this to complete your online registration form to select your concurrent sessions. More information on the various session will be made available shortly. However, if you have any queries regarding the sessions, please don't hesitate to contact the SPAA Office on 08 8212 5999.

Streams

A: Compliance, Administration, Audit and Legal
B: SMSF Strategies, Financial and Estate Planning
C: Financial Markets, Investment Strategies and Trend in SMSFs

 

Wednesday, 17 February

Chairman's Opening Address
Sharyn Long

Session 2A
An update from the Commissioner of Taxation
Michael D'Ascenzo

Session 2B
An Interview
Tony D'Aloisio and The Hon Chris Pearce MP

Session 3
Ruling and announcements update
Peter Burgess

Concurrent Session 4A
Tax agents' legislation changes
Chair of the Tax Agents Board

Concurrent Session 4B
Capital gains tax and estate planning
Gordon Cooper

Concurrent Session 4C
SPAA research into SMSFs
Professor Ralf Zurbrugg & Andrea Slattery

Session 1 
Conference Opening
The Hon Chris Bowen MP

   
Concurrent Session 5A
Different ways to apply small business concessions
Garry Payne 

Concurrent Session 5B
To trust trusts or to not trust trusts, that is the Super question
Peter Bobbin

Concurrent Session 5C
Australian Economic Update
Dr Shane Oliver

Session 6
Strategy - Pensions
Meg Heffron

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 


Thursday, 18 February
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Session 7
Investors: Worried or confused?
Linda Elkins & Patricia Curtin 

Session 8
Cooper Review - Interview
Jeremy Cooper with facilitator Alan Kohler

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  Concurrent Session 9A
Sailing through an audit
Belinda Aisbett
 
Concurrent Session 9B
Investing though unit trusts - strategies for ungeared and unrelated unit trusts
Suzanne Mackenzie

Concurrent Session 13C
Compulsory annuities - a debate
Catherine Nance

 

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Excess contribution tax - fact, fiction and remedies
David Shirlow & Tony Simmons
Concurrent Session 10B
Value and opportunities in Aged Care Advice
Louise Biti
 
Concurrent Session 10C
Investment strategies - making it real
Nathan Baker and Warrick Hanley
 
  Concurrent Session 11A
Current issues in superannuation dependency
Heather Gray 
 
Concurrent Session 11B
Gearing strategy session
Peter Hogan
 
Concurrent Session 11C
Asset allocation modelling and SMSF style products 
William Keenan
 
  Extra Lunch Session
Pathways to specialisation
Peter Burgess
 
  Concurrent Session 12A
Defined benefit pensions
Graeme Colley 
Concurrent Session 12B
Reserves - the keys to driving strategy in a SMSF
Grant Abbott
Concurrent Session 12C
Going paper-less in the paper filled world of running a SMSF
John Dee & Mark Boyse
  Concurrent Session 13A
Sole Purpose Test
Chris Ketsakidis
Concurrent Session 13B
Strategies Workshop
Michael Fitzpatrick

Concurrent Session 13C 
Maximising leverage using SAS Act borrowing/instalment warrant rules
Daniel Butler and Chris Malkin
with facilitator Tony Rumble

  Concurrent Session 14A
The Elgin Marbles and Eduring Powers of Attorney
Stephen Bourke & Graeme Colley
Concurrent Session 14B
Superannuation contribution strategies
Jemma Sanderson
Concurrent Session 14C
International Markets: how world markets are faring and how SMSFs can accress them with ETFs
Robin Bowerman
  Session 15
Superannuation Think Tank
       
 
Friday, 19 February
 
  Session 16
Fraud - what you should look for
Gary Gill 
  
  Concurrent Session 17A
Henry Review - Interview
TBA 
  
Concurrent Session 17B
The interaction between inter vivos and testamentary estate planning models
Bernie O'Sullivan
Concurrent Session 17C
Retirement modelling
Professor Graeme Hugo
  Concurrent Session 18A 
But I promise I'll pay it back...!
Cindy McDonald
Concurrent Session 18B
In-specie contributions
Daniel Fry
Concurrent Session 18C
Ethical, SRI, Charitable and Philanthropic investments - do they make sense in a SMSF?
Chris Cuffe & Michael Walsh
  Concurrent Session 19A
WRAP accounts/ SMAs/ IMAs
Eric Wang, David Waappelt & Sharyn Long
Concurrent Session 19B
Business real property
Richard Friend
Concurrent Session 19C
Marketing for success in SMSFs
Carolyn Baker & Jason Neave
 

Session 20
Future Gazing... five global megatrends
Graham Rich, Publisher, PortfolioConstruction Forum

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Please note: The conference program may be subject to change at the discretion of the 
SPAA Conference Committee.  

 
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