Research provider Canstar’s new service, WealthBricks, is looking to capture the attention of self-directed investors and SMSFs to benefit from its product matching algorithm that aims to save time when finding relevant products and investment ideas.

Plenty Plus will be launched as an exclusive solution for unlicensed accountants to tackle SMSF advice for their clients, relieving the compliance burden since the new licensing regime commenced on 1 July 2016.

The SMSF Association declared it is time to elevate the trust between advisers and their SMSF clients, as it had a critical impact on their fund’s decision making.

The latest SuperConcepts “SMSF Investment Pattern Survey” has provided tangible evidence that the 2016 federal budget’s proposed super changes are having a significant effect on SMSF trustee’s confidence in retirement savings, with a drastic fall in contributions in the June quarter.

While the real outcomes of the end of the accountants’ exemption would not be known until much later, it was the end clients who would instantly feel the change via limitations in the relationship with their accountant, according to an industry executive.

The first half of the year shows new floats are flying and large caps are struggling.

Social investment network facilitator SelfWealth has released the 2015/16 results for its own indices that show they have outperformed comparable Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) benchmarks.

The latest joint SMSF Association and Accurium sector research has shown the majority of SMSF trustee couples are well placed to have an asset balance high enough to fund at least a comfortable lifestyle in retirement.

Recent analysis into SMSF data has revealed investors are continuing to retreat from the volatile stock market, after recording their lowest investment for five years in this asset class.