Improving the knowledge and understanding of SMSF lending has been fundamental to Westpac’s strategy over the past 12 months, particularly the suitability and processes for limited recourse borrowing arrangements.

Demand for insurance has taken a hit this year, but despite the challenge, TAL has been recognised as the winner in the insurance category for the second year in a row.

Definitely [over the past 12 months] the exposure in the portfolio has been tilted towards large multinational technology companies, including eBay, Google, Oracle and Microsoft.

Over the past year, several significant issues in the SMSF sector have come to light, with some of them continuing to generate debate. With this in mind, selfmanagedsuper hosted a roundtable to find out what some of the industry professionals’ views are regarding these topics.