SMSF documentation provider Topdocs has partnered with Class Super and BGL to improve process efficiency for advisers when updating client SMSF deeds.

AMP SMSF’s assets under administration rose to $18.5 billion in the September quarter, reflecting an increase in the number of customers using the company’s services.

OneVue has partnered with Spring Financial Group (Spring FG) in what it expects to be the first of several new private label partnerships designed to strengthen and expand its self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) footprint.

A Melbourne-based financial planning group has appointed a compliance expert and is bolstering its adviser training requirements after ASIC surveillance identified concerns surrounding the appropriateness of advice the group had provided to clients.

SMSF trustees should rethink investments in residential property to avoid major cash-flow problems, a wealth management expert has recommended.

SMSF administration service provider Xpress Super is the latest organisation to oppose the implementation of barriers for individuals wanting to establish an SMSF.

Westpac has demonstrated its significant presence in the SMSF sector, being nominated as a finalist in five adviser-based categories and the eventual winner in two in the second annual SMSF Service Provider Awards hosted by selfmanagedsuper and CoreData.

Individuals with a reversionary pension in place need to review their circumstances in light of the new age pension deeming rules and the associated grandfathering provisions, a financial wealth group has warned.

The SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) has further developed its educational support for its specialist members with the launch of an online technical mentoring program.