Ms Lander was unable to confirm whether any SMSF trustees had actually completed the process of winding up their SMSF through CareSuper at present.

She said it was “still early days” for the service and that for many trustees, it could be an issue of timing.

“Timing can be important; [SMSF trustees] may need to think about liquidating certain assets if that’s necessary,” said Ms Lander.

“Some people are still thinking, ‘Okay, good, I know the service is there now and when the time comes I can look at that’.”

Ms Lander says the service is aimed at those trustees who no longer consider their SMSF relevant.

She said the decision by a trustee to wind up an SMSF could be down to the fact that their balance is now too low, one of the trustees in the SMSF has become sick or died or a marriage has broken down.

“Or [it could be they're] just the fact they’re sick of the compliance,” said Ms Lander.

“We’re not saying it’s never good to have an SMSF, sometimes it is, but there comes a point where triggers such as the things I mentioned might make it no longer viable.”

Ms Lander said CareSuper will also be further developing its direct investment option early next year to enable shares to be transferred in specie from SMSFs into CareSuper.