Specialist fund manager Trilogy Funds has introduced a new offering giving investors access to Brisbane-based commercial property.

SMSF administration provider Supercorp has increased the extensiveness of data feeds available to its superMate offering after forging an agreement to have electronic information flow directly from InvestmentLink.

The SMSF Association has acknowledged the sector will be a target for various forms of business disruption but has expressed its confidence specialist practitioners operating in the space are prepared to deal with this challenge.

A specialist superannuation lawyer has warned financial advisers to be aware of how far their duty of care extends when providing advice to SMSF clients.

SMSF trustees must address their documentation requirements in light of a change to the application of the Superannuation Industry Supervision (SIS) Act introduced earlier this year, according to a specialist auditor.

The latest research conducted by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has revealed the abolition of the dividend imputation system would have the greatest negative impact on superannuation fund members, retirees and low to middle income earners.

A recent ATO interpretative decision (ID) has placed doubt over the validity of any business succession plans involving life insurance cover held within an SMSF.

Strategies around structural financing or capital funding were the next major pioneering stage for SMSFs, a sector expert has said.

A review of Australian small caps has found the end of the resources boom, while diminishing overall performance of the sector, has had a positive effect on the structure of this market segment. Research house Lonsec came to this conclusion as the weighting to resource companies in the sector was falling as a result of […]