An advisory environment where full professional cooperation and respect between accountants and financial planners is standard industry practice may not be achieved until the next generation of practitioners establish themselves, according to a business analysis firm.

Class has introduced additional features to help accountants and SMSF administrators manage the government’s new superannuation reforms, in particular, tackling bulk commutation of pension accounts.

Specialist SMSF document provider NowInfinity has formed a strategic partnership with law firm View Legal to enhance its platform services, with an estate planning solution the first to be developed.

A self-managed super statistic that doesn’t seem to change much over the years is the strong preference of new SMSFs for individual trustees rather than a corporate trustee.

SMSF advisers will now have to consider carefully how they structure their clients’ risk cover either inside the super fund or external to it, a senior technical executive has said.

BT Financial Group (BTFG) will look to create better flow between processes for its SMSF-related services, such as borrowing, on its BT Panorama platform over the next 12 months.

Two tax and SMSF experts have released a new book to help trustees take the best steps in preparation for the incoming, complex changes to superannuation.

Automated advice firm Six Park has launched a robo-advice solution combined with SMSF administration, designed with smaller-balance funds in mind as a result of the high costs and poor investment diversification in the sector.

SMSF industry expert Grant Abbott has written a new book aimed at providing all current participants and prospective participants within the sector with relevant superannuation strategies in light of the changes to the retirement savings framework to be implemented from 1 July.