Heffron SMSF Solutions has successfully completed the acquisition of 1400 SMSFs and would continue to focus on building further scalability through more large purchases.

Fractional property provider DomaCom today revealed it had added Justsuper to its collaborative partnership of service providers under the firm’s Property SMSF banner.

The ATO was looking to achieve positive outcomes from SMSF contraventions rather than reasons to mete out punishment, according to a superannuation specialist legal firm.

Perennial Value Management has broadened access to its Wealth Defender Equities offering, aimed at providing additional self-directed investor and in particular SMSF member appeal for the product via a listed investment company (LIC) structure.

Financial services firm Mafematica has launched a robo-advice offering to the SMSF market designed to help trustees overcome their ‘loneliness’ in regard to their retirement planning.

SMSF investors should consider an allocation to gold in light of the poor returns term deposits and cash were currently delivering in the low interest rate environment in Australia, according to a chief economist.

The Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) believes the tax discussion paper, released by the government today, had a greater chance of success as its approach was uncomplicated and included a wide range of taxation issues.

Former federal treasurer Peter Costello has argued against banning the use of direct borrowing within superannuation, saying the reasons for the proposal are not factually based and not enough credit has been given to SMSF trustee competency.

The recent removal of the punitive tax rates on excess non-concessional contributions (NCC) was not a free pass for SMSF advisers to neglect the caps, according to an expert SMSF lawyer.