Advisers must be vigilant about the strict regime and tight deadlines when dealing with disqualified SMSF trustees, according to a specialist SMSF lawyer.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s (CBA) two new deposit products will open up the opportunity for advisers to explicitly manage this part of their SMSF clients’ portfolio against continued interest rate concerns.

New market entrant BrickX has launched its online property platform and will target SMSFs as it believed it offered them an easier alternative to gain access to residential property exposure.

Superannuation lobby group the SMSF Owners Alliance has questioned Treasury’s retirement savings tax concession figure of $32 billion, which was currently being used as justification to make changes to the system.

SMSFs need to adopt a longer planning horizon to safeguard their retirement, with new figures revealing SMSF trustees are expected to live longer than the average Australian, according to a new report by Accurium.

Independent financial planning firm Royston Capital has revealed its new licensing solution has been tailored for smaller accounting firms looking to continue their SMSF business with as minimal disruption as possible.

Pengana Capital expected a good take-up of its new Global Small Companies Fund by the SMSF market as it provided a new opportunity in the vast small-cap universe, which was generally overlooked.

SMSF advisers must go through the entire documentation process again for clients who had underpaid their pension where the amount breached the one-twelfth rule, according to a specialist SMSF lawyer.

The SMSF Association is in discussions with government at several levels to allow SMSF trustees greater access to infrastructure investment opportunities.