Revenue and Financial Services Minister Kelly O’Dwyer has reaffirmed the federal government’s commitment to its changes to the superannuation system, maintaining they are necessary to best safeguard and grow people’s retirement savings.

The recording of SMSF assets under the proper name or entity is an issue the ATO has ranked among its top 10 current compliance problems.

The latest joint research from SuperConcepts and the University of Adelaide’s International Centre for Financial Services has determined the SMSF asset balance at which investment returns generated significantly improve for members.

SMSF trustees need to be aware of the change in the operation of the non-concessional cap bring-forward rule to ensure they are certain about the level of superannuation contributions they can make, an industry solicitor has said.

Two of the federal government’s three superannuation bills have been passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate unamended.

Despite a number of positive factors that would make further portfolio allocations in the domestic share market attractive to SMSF investors, individuals need to assess the Australian market in light of the global economy, a respected equities analyst has said.

Pierre Jarjoura has been disqualified from being an approved SMSF auditor following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation into his activities.