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.