The new PayDay Super rules are imminent and there's only weeks for SMSF trustees and employers to ensure they have put everything in place for the changing rules and regulations. On this episode of the SMSF Adviser podcast, hosts Aaron Dunn and Keeli Cambourne speak with Tony Negline from the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand about the work he's been doing in the lead up and what SMSF trustees need to do to make sure they are compliant.

Listen as they discuss:

• The challenges that employers are facing;
• The steps SMSF trustees need to take;
• What can go wrong;
• What the next few months may look like from a practical perspective

While the dust settles on the Government's Budget proposals the financial sector is left in limbo in regard to the way in which trusts will be treated going forward. In this week's episode of the SMSF Adviser Show, Daniel Butler, director of DBA Lawyers speaks with Keeli Cambourne and Aaron Dunn about the concerns from the industry and what it may mean going forward.

Listen as they discuss:

• The importance of the definition of a trust;
• What impacts the measures may have on estate planning;
• Franking credits;
• What trustees and advisers should do in the interim.

With the ink now drying on the Federal budget, it seems what most thought was going to be a quiet night for the super sector has in fact opened the door on a number of new issues and concerns. In this episode of the SMSF Adviser Show, Keeli Cambourne is joined by co-host Aaron Dunn from Smarter SMSF to unpack what the proposed tax reforms mean for SMSFs.

Listen as they discuss

• Negative gearing and borrowing
• CGT changes and investment structure
• How trusts and estate planning may be affected
• What should trustees and advisers be considering going forward

In this episode of the SMSF Adviser Show, host Keith Ford is joined by Marloo co-founder Shak Lala to unpack how AI is moving from note-taking to becoming a true AI partner for financial advisers.

Shak explains how AI can materially increase adviser capacity, manage SMSF complexity, lift compliance standards, and improve client experience, while also allowing advisers to consolidate their tech stack and avoid the tedious admin tasks.

Tune in to hear:

• How AI tools have evolved already to handle a wider range of tasks.
• What kind of efficiency gains the early adopters are experiencing.
• Where the future of AI in financial advice practices is heading.

In this episode of the SMSF Adviser Show, hosts Keith Ford and Aaron Dunn explore some of the key developments shaping the SMSF landscape, including whether the Division 296 tax on high‑balance members could lead to a spike in wind‑ups.

They also break down how the proposed financial adviser education reforms could create a more flexible pathway and grow the number of advisers in the profession, and take a look at how bankruptcy is being treated for SMSF trustees.

Tune in to hear:

• Whether the introduction of Div 296 will drive SMSF wind-ups or if any change will be a drop in the bucket.
• How the proposed changes to education standards could improve access to SMSF advice.
• Why the Federal Court might allow an SMSF trustee to stay on despite bankruptcy.

In this episode of the SMSF Adviser Show, hosts Keith Ford and Aaron Dunn unpack the proposals that would see SMSFs included in funding the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) and why the approach to Division 296 post-death earnings attribution is a fraught proposition.

A flurry of consultations flowed this week as the government seeks to address the fallout from the Shield and First Guardian collapses, with the exploding cost of compensation now putting pressure on the government to find new areas to cover the costs and SMSFs are firmly in the conversation.

Tune in to hear:

Whether there is any reasonable basis for including SMSFs in funding the scheme.

Why the draft Div 296 regulations on post‑death earnings attribution are a death tax by stealth.

What else is in the early responses to the draft regs.

In this episode of the SMSF Adviser Show, hosts Keith Ford and Aaron Dunn are joined by SMSF Association CEO Peter Burgess and Adelaide University's Dr George Mihaylov to break down new research that compares the performance of SMSFs to that of APRA funds.

By applying the same methodology used for APRA funds to a dataset covering more than 400,000 SMSFs, the study delivers a more accurate, "apples with apples" view of sector performance, underscoring the role of advice and diversification in outcomes.

Tune in to hear:

• How investment performance of SMSFs and APRA funds stack up.
• Why there is a much larger variance in performance among SMSFs.
• The benefits that advisers are able to deliver, particularly for low-performing funds.

In this episode of the SMSF Adviser Show, hosts Keith Ford and Aaron Dunn sit down with Andrew Inwood, global CEO of CoreData, to explore how SMSFs are evolving and the structural shift from accumulation to decumulation.

Inwood explains that SMSFs are moving into a "next wave" of growth and maturity, with technology, changing member expectations, and an enormous looming intergenerational wealth transfer all reshaping the sector.

Tune in to hear:

• Why younger, wealthier cohorts are increasingly starting SMSFs.
• The central role SMSFs will play in how capital is managed and deployed.
• Why the industry needs to articulate a clear, positive narrative about SMSFs' role in delivering better retirement and intergenerational outcomes.

In this episode of the SMSF Adviser Show, host Keith Ford is joined by Robert Talevski, CEO of Webull Securities Australia, to explore how technology and global markets are reshaping advice and SMSF investing.

Talevski argues that if trustees and advisers go to the effort of running a self‑managed fund, they should be thinking beyond simple passive exposures, while still respecting client risk profiles, retirement horizons and the extra admin burden inside super.

Tune in to hear:

• Why the bigger opportunity may sit with companies using AI rather than building it.
• How ETF use is evolving toward active, thematic and outcome‑focused products.
• The value of advisers looking offshore for opportunities and global diversification.

In the second episode of the SMSF Adviser Show's special SMSF Association National Conference editions, hosts Keith Ford and Aaron Dunn are joined by three more industry experts in Adelaide.

SMSF Association policy manager Keddie Waller joins the show to break down a range of superannuation reforms that are impacting the SMSF landscape, including the AML/CTF changes that are on the horizon.

Then Tony Negline from Chartered Accountants ANZ explains why payday super is going to cause a lot more headaches then many professionals expect, as well as what businesses need to do to get ready for the 1 July start date.

Finally, Dr Evan Morrison from HUB24's Innovation Lab takes us through the ways that artificial intelligence is reshaping professional practice and where the new frontier of agentic AI is heading.