Fractional property investment firm DomaCom is one step closer to delivering its senior equity release (SER) product after a decision by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to approve conditional relief, which allows the product to be delivered to market.

SuperConcepts today announced the appointment of Amanda Johnston-Pell to its board, bringing a wealth of strategic marketing, business transformation and innovation experience to the SMSF firm’s board.

Martin Currie has revealed it has based its ethical income fund on environmental, social and governance (ESG) screens suggested by clients, in order to embed client values into the offering rather than dictating ethics from the top down.

Foreign exchange and contracts-for-difference (CFD) trading platform provider easyMarkets is looking to attract more SMSF clients through education programs and networks informing trustees how these instruments can be used properly to enhance their portfolio returns.

The volume of reporting by SMSFs under the ATO’s transfer balance account report (TBAR) regime could rise by 340 per cent, placing SMSFs and practitioners at risk of submerging under the ‘second wave’ of super reforms, according to the latest analysis from Class.

SMSFs are showing they are more diversified than the industry has given them credit for, with trustees achieving diversification via several cost-effective vehicles, the latest CommSec analysis has found.

The SMSF Association has identified death benefit disputes as being a major challenge moving into the future in a new paper, “Outlook for the SMSF Sector”, released today.

Industry research firm CoreData in conjunction with selfmanagedsuper hosted the fifth annual SMSF Service Provider Awards in Sydney last week, with nine out of the 16 finalists holding their position from last year in the adviser-voted categories.