“Nobody talks about that when you talk about [setting up] a company. You can pick up your keyboard and literally set up a company within an hour, nobody tells you that you’ve got all these director’s responsibilities,” said Mr Townsend.

While he acknowledged that while ASIC does send a letter outlining the responsibilities involved with running a company, this occurs after the company has already been set up.

“They don’t make such a big deal about it when you set up a company. But somehow, setting up your own super fund is supposed to carry with it all this enormous responsibility,” he said.

“It’s nonsense, there’s no heavier responsibility than there is for running a company and you meet that responsibility by getting good advice and surrounding yourself with people who know what they’re doing. Time commitment, again overblown – you get people to help you, it’s not a huge deal.”