Almost 10,000 tax financial advisers still need to apply to renew their registration with the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) by 1 January, 2018, the board has warned.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has commenced proceedings in the Federal Court and obtained interim injunctions against a Perth-based business and its sole director in relation to an SMSF property scheme.

Cloud-based equity research platform ShareClarity’s on-demand model covering Australian, New Zealand and Hong Kong-listed equities offers a much more transparent and accessible approach for advisers and SMSF trustees, with interest already growing, according to the firm.

The former principal of Sherwin Financial Planners and chairman of Wickham Securities, Bradley Thomas Sherwin, was yesterday sentenced to a total of 10 years’ imprisonment on 25 charges concerning the misuse of SMSF assets.

Accounting and professional services giant KPMG has entered into an agreement to use cloud-based SMSF administration software Class Super.

Sydney-based investment management firm KSI Investments has launched what it claims is the first landbanking fund aimed at SMSF members.

BT Financial Group (BTFG) today announced funds under administration (FUA) on its BT Panorama platform rose by 147 per cent from $2.7 billion to $6.7 billion in the 12 months to September 2017.

A recent New South Wales Supreme Court decision has established a new course of action for SMSFs with a corporate trustee that has been deregistered.