Thinktank chief executive Jonathan Street discusses the merits of including commercial property in an SMSF portfolio and how the use of gearing to facilitate this type of investment can add a lot of value.

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Changes to the bank lending rules have created opportunities for investors in the areas of non-bank lending and private funding. HoldenCapital head of investments Gary Connolly discusses these opportunities and how SMSF trustees can participate.

Residential property hasn’t always been a favoured asset class among SMSF trustees but it hasn’t always been easy to invest in residential property mainly due the capital required in order to buy a residential property outright.

The introduction of the transfer balance cap, under the super reforms and particularly the new pension treatment has caused a little bit of angst, uncertainly and confusion amongst SMSF trustee. Tim Miller joins us to discuss some of these issues.