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About SMSF Adviser

SMSF Adviser is the authoritative source of news, opinions and market intelligence for Australia’s SMSF sector.

The SMSF sector now represents more than one million members and approximately one third of Australia's superannuation savings.

Over the past five years the number of SMSF members has increased by close to 30 per cent, highlighting the opportunity for engaged, informed and driven professionals to build successful SMSF advice business.

SMSF Adviser has been created to enhance the capabilities of SMSF professionals – equipping them with the tools, techniques, knowledge and strategies to better service their SMSF clients while helping them realise the business benefits of specialising in SMSFs.

SMSF Adviser keeps specialists up-to-date with compliance, regulatory and legal developments while arming them with the knowledge and insight needed to boost their client servicing capabilities and to build better SMSF advice businesses.

These specialists include financial planners, accountants, auditors, lawyers, product manufacturers and distribution businesses, as well as academics, regulators, industry thought leaders and related business professionals.

SMSF Adviser focuses on delivering the information these specialists require to thrive in today’s market, ensuring that sector specialists are equipped with the information they need to service Australians creating wealth via their SMSF.

Driven by a talented team of financial services journalists, each print issue of SMSF Adviser includes:

  • Latest news, insights and opinions
  • Updates focusing on the latest compliance, regulatory, auditing and legal issues
  • Cutting edge features offering specialists' advice on technical strategies and investment management
  • Best practice and practice management profiles from leading SMSF advice professionals
  • Reports, rankings and other market intelligence to benchmark the growth of the SMSF sector
  • Features focused on innovation in the SMSF sector

EVENTS

SMSF TECHNICAL STRATEGY MASTERCLASS

A must-attend event, the SMSF Adviser Technical Strategy Masterclass is your exclusive opportunity to meet, learn from and recognise the best of SMSF. Industry experts will deliver up-to-the-minute information on regulatory and legislative changes, and their impacts on SMSFs, as well as clear direction to enhance your specialist client strategy, practical advice to strengthen your value proposition and insight to maximise your clients’ portfolios.

WOMEN IN FINANCE AWARDS

These prestigious awards identify the leading women across financial services, from business leaders, mentors and skilled investment managers to client-centric accountants, financial advisers and mortgage brokers.

WEBCASTS

With its own in-house studio, SMSF Adviser uses live-streaming technology to produce and distribute webcasts to audiences around Australia. These enable partners to expand their audience reach through informative, engaging and interactive content. Audiences can watch live on any device and interact through a live chat.

MEET OUR TEAM

Liam Garman

Liam Garman

Managing Editor

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Liam Garman is the managing editor of professional services, real estate and security at Momentum Media. He began his career as a speech writer at New South Wales Parliament before working for world leading campaigns and research agencies in Sydney and Auckland. Throughout his career, Liam has managed and executed international media campaigns spanning politics, business, industrial relations and infrastructure. He’s since shifted his attention to writing on politics and business, and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Sydney and a Masters from UNSW Canberra with a thesis on postmodernism and media ecology.

Maja Garaca Djurdjevic

Maja Garaca Djurdjevic

Editor, Wealth

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Maja's career in journalism spans well over a decade across finance, business and politics. Now an experienced editor and reporter across all elements of the financial services sector, prior to joining Momentum Media, Maja reported for several established news outlets in Southeast Europe, scrutinising key processes in post-conflict societies.

CONTENT

Phillip Tarrant

Phillip Tarrant

Executive Editor – Real Estate and Consumer Wealth, Momentum Media

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Phillip is a media executive with over 20 years’ experience, in a career that spans finance, real estate, business and economics. He has a passion for property and leads the content strategy for the market and business intelligence platforms at Momentum Media (www.momentumemdia.com.au) aimed at the real estate and consumer wealth sectors. This includes REB (realestatebusines.com.au), RPM (residentialpropertymanager.com.au) and Smart Property Investment (www.smartpropertyinvestment.com.au) – the authoritative voice for Australia’s property investment community. As head of the Property Investment Podcast Network, he also steers the largest network of property podcasts in Australia, which collectively generate nearly two million downloads every year.

Russell Stephenson

Russell Stephenson

Director – Commercial Growth, Momentum Media

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Russell is a media executive with a career spanning 15+ years working across a range of professional sectors, including marketing, mortgages, real estate, wealth, legal and small-to-medium enterprises. He is the commercial growth director at Momentum Media, where he develops and implements strategies with the aim of accelerating growth, realising business outcomes and capitalising on new market opportunities.

Blair Dods

Blair Dods

Head of Technology, Momentum Media

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Blair has over 20 years’ experience in the online sector, graduating from university with a Bachelor of Commerce in the late 1990s. Working in marketing, product development and management roles for start-ups as well as established media brands in New Zealand, UK, Germany and Australia, Blair has developed extensive knowledge across all facets of digital technology. With deep technical experience combined with a commercial mindset, Blair leads the development of digital platforms at Momentum Media.

Michael Johnson

Michael Johnson

Director, Agile Market Intelligence

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Michael leads Agile Market Intelligence, a research agency responsible for delivering internal and external stakeholders with rich audience insights and analysis. His expertise as a Chartered Accountant, data analyst and market research professional has been critical to delivering real-world insights to Australia’s largest financial institutions, corporates and professional services firms.

Lyndsey Fall

Lyndsey Fall

Media Production Manager, Momentum Media

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Lyndsey has 11 years’ experience working in media production. Following her Master’s degree in Journalism, she worked across a set of political and public policy magazines in England as a journalist, subeditor and as production manager. Lyndsey has worked at Momentum Media for the past four years heading up the production department and managing the development of its award-winning magazines, including Australian Aviation and World of Aviation, web portals and suite of highly-ranked podcasts.

OPERATIONS

About Momentum Media

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