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Former adviser jailed over $2m SMSF investment scheme

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
Former financial services director Ashley Arandez has been sentenced to five and a half years imprisonment after admitting to dishonest conduct, operating an unlicensed financial services business and dealing with proceeds of crime tied to $1.97 million ...

Digital asset adoption in SMSFs not a surprise: Burgess

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2026
New data shows more self-managed super funds (SMSFs) are rapidly adopting digital assets in their portfolios, but SMSF Association chief executive Peter Burgess said it isn't a worry to him if all entities remain compliant under their respective ...

SMC backs proposal to close family violence super loophole

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2026
... and payment structures to ensure consistency, SMC added. The submission also highlighted the need to include self-managed super funds, as well as more complex arrangements such as defined benefit schemes and reversionary pensions, where gaps in coverage ...

Super Consumers Australia raises concerns over Treasury reforms

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... scheme more sustainable," SMC acting chief executive Georgia Brumby said. SMC added the government must ensure self-managed super funds (SMSFs) can only claim from CSLR if they help support it and make it fairer and more sustainable. Currently, SMC said ...

Div 296 requires fixing before finalisation: Industry

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... the SMSF Association also worries the current design may pose risks that can create "unworkable" outcomes for self-managed super fund (SMSF) members. SMSF Association chief executive Peter Burgess has met with Treasury to push changes on the regulation ...

FEATURE | Regulation: Picking up the pieces

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... further from the truth." Danielle helps moderate the SOS webpage, while Peter, who lost $1.4 million in his self-managed super fund, has also been very helpful to Kee and others affected. Kee helped administer the Facebook page and then turned it into ...

Sequoia offloads InterPrac in $50k fire sale

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
... exposure to these failures was entirely within APRA-regulated super funds and not on a direct basis or within self-managed super fund accounts." Given the InterPrac complaints made to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA), Sequoia said ...

FSC questions SMC's claim on younger members' super switches

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
... Council's (SMC) recent research which found a spike in younger members switching out of industry funds into self managed super funds (SMSF) and platform products. FSC data to the contrary shows Australians choosing to switch to super platforms from ...

ETFs grow in popularity for SMSF investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are quickly becoming a dominant feature of self-managed super funds, with financial advisers increasingly turning to them for diversification. According to an analysis of SMSFs on the AUSIEX platform, about 44% of advised ...

SMSFs continue to demonstrate competitive edge: Data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026
Self-managed super funds (SMSFs) outperform APRA-regulated funds by about 1.1% on average, according to new analysis. Insights from Adelaide University show that in the five years to 30 June 2024, SMSFs' returns averaged 1.1% higher than APRA-regulated ...