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Limited recourse borrowing arrangements can use one bare trustee for multiple bare trusts HomepageNews

Limited recourse borrowing arrangements can use one bare trustee for multiple bare trusts

By Gary Chau ([email protected]), Lawyer, and David Oon ([email protected]), Senior Associate, DBA Lawyers A common…

BGLCorp28/08/2017

Advice demand lags behind SMSF growth HomepageIn the Media

Advice demand lags behind SMSF growth

The number of self-managed superannuation funds with unmet financial advice needs is at record highs,…

BGLCorp21/08/2017

Demystifying the tax treatment of death benefits paid to the estate HomepageNews

Demystifying the tax treatment of death benefits paid to the estate

By Joseph Cheung ([email protected]), Lawyer and William Fettes ([email protected]), Senior Associate, DBA Lawyers The tax…

BGLCorp15/08/2017

Simple Fund 360 reveals SMSF industry data driven insights HomepageNews

Simple Fund 360 reveals SMSF industry data driven insights

BGL has found some interesting SMSF industry trends in our 200+ million Simple Fund 360…

BGLCorp11/08/2017

Accountants avoiding action “at own peril” HomepageIn the Media

Accountants avoiding action “at own peril”

The advent of new technologies and further automation is set to be a huge challenge…

BGLCorp07/08/2017

Machine learning will bolster compliance HomepageIn the Media

Machine learning will bolster compliance

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning provide the possibility of enabling SMSF software and systems…

BGLCorp02/08/2017

Traps that turn your non-geared unit trust into an in‑house asset HomepageNews

Traps that turn your non-geared unit trust into an in‑house asset

By Joseph Cheung ([email protected]), Lawyer and David Oon ([email protected]), Senior Associate, DBA Lawyers A reg…

BGLCorp02/08/2017

BGL releases growth stats for FY16/17 HomepageIn the Media

BGL releases growth stats for FY16/17

SMSF software provider BGL has released growth statistics for the past year, as the firm…

BGLCorp01/08/2017

BGL is leading the charge against the new super reporting requirements, launching its #telltheATO petition HomepageNews

BGL is leading the charge against the new super reporting requirements, launching its #telltheATO petition

BGL Corporate Solutions, Australia’s leading developer of SMSF administration and ASIC corporate compliance software solutions,…

BGLCorp31/07/2017

BGL ramps up lobby efforts against new reporting rules HomepageIn the Media

BGL ramps up lobby efforts against new reporting rules

Software company BGL has intensified its campaign against the event based reporting requirements, launching a…

BGLCorp31/07/2017

BGL challenges to ATO’s proposed new superannuation reporting HomepageNews

BGL challenges to ATO’s proposed new superannuation reporting

BGL would like the ATO to rethink the new super reporting requirements. We think they…

BGLCorp28/07/2017

New APRA guidance confirms retirement for members who reach 60 and cease one of two jobs HomepageNews

New APRA guidance confirms retirement for members who reach 60 and cease one of two jobs

By Gary Chau ([email protected]), Lawyer, and David Oon ([email protected]), Senior Associate, DBA Lawyers The Australian…

BGLCorp28/07/2017

Pressure on ATO to fix portals saga continues HomepageIn the Media

Pressure on ATO to fix portals saga continues

Two key accounting associations have vowed to continue their lobbying efforts with the government to…

BGLCorp28/07/2017

BGL adds 100,000 companies to CAS 360 in just 21 weeks HomepageNews

BGL adds 100,000 companies to CAS 360 in just 21 weeks

BGL has added over 100,000 companies and 25,000 trusts to CAS 360, its cloud ASIC…

BGLCorp27/07/2017

SMSF software veteran slams new reporting requirements HomepageIn the Media

SMSF software veteran slams new reporting requirements

BGL managing director Ron Lesh has criticised the events-based reporting requirements as “bureaucracy gone mad”…

BGLCorp26/07/2017

Labor calls on PM to address tax agents over ATO downtime HomepageIn the Media

Labor calls on PM to address tax agents over ATO downtime

The federal opposition has weighed in on the persistent outages plaguing the ATO’s portals, calling…

BGLCorp26/07/2017

Audit software firm joins forces with BGL HomepageIn the Media

Audit software firm joins forces with BGL

SMSF audit platform Evolv White has integrated its software with BGL’s Simple Fund 360, which…

BGLCorp24/07/2017

BGL announces principal partner for RegTech 17 HomepageNews

BGL announces principal partner for RegTech 17

BGL is pleased to announce BT Panorama as principal partner for the BGL RegTech 17…

BGLCorp21/07/2017

Evolv White Super Audit software integrates with Simple Fund 360 HomepageNews

Evolv White Super Audit software integrates with Simple Fund 360

BGL is pleased to announce Evolv as our latest super fund audit software integration partner.…

BGLCorp20/07/2017

BGL upgrades Simple Fund 360 HomepageIn the Media

BGL upgrades Simple Fund 360

Compliance software solutions firm BGL is releasing an updated version of its administration capability, Simple…

BGLCorp18/07/2017

BGL releases new software upgrade HomepageIn the Media

BGL releases new software upgrade

SMSF software provider BGL has released the latest version of Simple Fund 360, which has…

BGLCorp18/07/2017

BGL unveils latest Simple Fund 360 HomepageIn the Media

BGL unveils latest Simple Fund 360

BGL has released Simple Fund 360 Version 3.0, which is specifically designed to support the…

BGLCorp18/07/2017

BGL releases Simple Fund 360 version 3.0 to support 140,000 SMSFs HomepageNews

BGL releases Simple Fund 360 version 3.0 to support 140,000 SMSFs

BGL is excited to announce the release Simple Fund 360 version 3.0! Read more >

BGLCorp17/07/2017

Super software veteran ups ATO systems fight HomepageIn the Media

Super software veteran ups ATO systems fight

BGL’s head Ron Lesh is ramping up his fight to have the ATO’s digital systems…

BGLCorp10/07/2017

Accounting software giant escalates ATO outage fight HomepageIn the Media

Accounting software giant escalates ATO outage fight

An Australian software veteran, fed up with the persistent outages plaguing the ATO’s digital portals,…

BGLCorp07/07/2017

Many strategies are based on the proportioning rule HomepageNews

Many strategies are based on the proportioning rule

By Gary Chau, Lawyer, and Daniel Butler, Director, DBA Lawyers. We have had numerous queries…

BGLCorp04/07/2017

BGL announces first Regulatory Technology (RegTech) conference – BGL RegTech17 HomepageIn the Media

BGL announces first Regulatory Technology (RegTech) conference – BGL RegTech17

BGL, maker of Simple Fund 360, among other software, has announced an industry first Regulatory…

BGLCorp29/06/2017

BGL announces REGTECH17 conference HomepageNews

BGL announces REGTECH17 conference

BGL is proud to announce an industry first Regulatory Technology (RegTech) conference, BGL REGTECH17! Read…

BGLCorp26/06/2017

BGL releases ‘milestone’ Simple Fund 360 version 3.0 HomepageIn the Media

BGL releases ‘milestone’ Simple Fund 360 version 3.0

BGL has announced the “milestone” release of Simple Fund 360 version 3.0, which includes a…

BGLCorp24/06/2017

BGL releases Simple Fund 360 tax and compliance update HomepageNews

BGL releases Simple Fund 360 tax and compliance update

BGL has released a major 2017 tax and compliance update for Simple Fund 360. Read…

BGLCorp16/06/2017

myprosperity links to BGL HomepageIn the Media

myprosperity links to BGL

Financial collaboration platform myprosperity has announced it has completed its integration with BGL’s Simple Fund…

BGLCorp14/06/2017

myprosperity integrates with BGL HomepageIn the Media

myprosperity integrates with BGL

Financial collaboration platform for advisers and accountants, myprosperity has integrated with BGL’s Simple Fund 360…

BGLCorp14/06/2017

BGL teams up with finance platform HomepageIn the Media

BGL teams up with finance platform

SMSF administrator BGL has integrated with a finance platform to provide users with a holistic…

BGLCorp14/06/2017

myprosperity and BGL announce integration to provide real time access to a client’s entire financial world HomepageIn the Media

myprosperity and BGL announce integration to provide real time access to a client’s entire financial world

myprosperity is proud to announce it has completed integration with BGL’s Simple Fund 360 to…

BGLCorp13/06/2017

BGL unveils CGT solutions HomepageIn the Media

BGL unveils CGT solutions

BGL is releasing a new administration capability ahead of the super reforms on 1 July,…

BGLCorp30/05/2017

Simple Fund 360 first SMSF admin software to reconcile to registry HomepageNews

Simple Fund 360 first SMSF admin software to reconcile to registry

BGL has released the first SMSF administration software that automatically reconciles listed security holding balance…

BGLCorp29/05/2017

BGL debunks SMSF reporting beat up HomepageNews

BGL debunks SMSF reporting beat up

BGL does not agree that the SMSF industry is likely to commence events-based reporting later…

BGLCorp25/05/2017

BGL releases super reforms functionality HomepageIn the Media

BGL releases super reforms functionality

Specialist SMSF administrative software provider BGL Corporate Solutions has incorporated new functionality to assist practitioners…

BGLCorp22/05/2017

Software provider releases super reform-focused services HomepageIn the Media

Software provider releases super reform-focused services

BGL has announced the release of services, designed to deal with the 2016-17 superannuation reforms,…

BGLCorp22/05/2017

BGL releases its first stage of super reforms HomepageNews

BGL releases its first stage of super reforms

BGL is excited to the release of the first stage of the 2016/17 Superannuation Reforms,…

BGLCorp19/05/2017

Budget strengthens case for cloud-based admin HomepageIn the Media

Budget strengthens case for cloud-based admin

SMSF administration software provider BGL Corporate Solutions has cited the 2017 federal budget as an…

BGLCorp16/05/2017

Budget offers ‘little good news’ for SMSFs HomepageIn the Media

Budget offers ‘little good news’ for SMSFs

The 2017/18 Federal Budget offers “little good news” for self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees and…

BGLCorp15/05/2017

SMSF tech giant criticises budget changes for super HomepageIn the Media

SMSF tech giant criticises budget changes for super

BGL’s managing director has denounced super changes in the budget as an administrative burden to…

BGLCorp15/05/2017

How does the budget affect you and your SMSFs? HomepageNews

How does the budget affect you and your SMSFs?

BGL believes the 2017/2018 Commonwealth Budget has little good news for SMSF trustees and administrators.…

BGLCorp12/05/2017

BGL joins forces with trading platform HomepageIn the Media

BGL joins forces with trading platform

Software provider BGL Corporate Solutions has integrated with an investor trading platform which will provide…

BGLCorp28/04/2017

BGL & SelfWealth team up to provide value added services for Accountants HomepageIn the Media

BGL & SelfWealth team up to provide value added services for Accountants

SelfWealth, Australia’s only flat fee brokerage solution is now fully integrated with Simple Fund 360;…

BGLCorp27/04/2017

New tax changes means automation = compliance HomepageNews

New tax changes means automation = compliance

BGL has released updated advice to clients on the new 1 July 2017 SMSF reporting…

BGLCorp28/03/2017

BGL hits out at outdated software HomepageIn the Media

BGL hits out at outdated software

BGL Corporate Solutions director Ron Lesh says changes to the reporting of pensions and the…

BGLCorp28/03/2017

Automation equals compliance: BGL HomepageIn the Media

Automation equals compliance: BGL

BGL Corporate Solutions believes automation is a must when it comes to meeting the new…

BGLCorp27/03/2017

BGL scores 98.62% for customer satisfaction HomepageNews

BGL scores 98.62% for customer satisfaction

BGL Corporate Solutions is proud to receive an Australian Achiever Award for Exceptional Customer Service (for…

BGLCorp16/03/2017

BGL’s Simple Fund 360 wins 2017 Compliance Innovator of the Year HomepageNews

BGL’s Simple Fund 360 wins 2017 Compliance Innovator of the Year

BGL is proud to be acknowledged as Compliance Innovator of the Year by Momentum Media’s…

BGLCorp28/02/2017

Fintech Business Awards winners revealed HomepageIn the Media

Fintech Business Awards winners revealed

The winners of Momentum Media’s Fintech Business Awards 2017 have been announced, acknowledging the achievements…

BGLCorp27/02/2017

BGL partners on conversion of banks statements HomepageIn the Media

BGL partners on conversion of banks statements

Self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) administration developer, BGL Corporate Solutions, has entered into a partnership with…

BGLCorp16/02/2017

BGL partners with data conversion specialist HomepageIn the Media

BGL partners with data conversion specialist

SMSF software provider BGL Corporate Solutions has partnered with a data conversion specialist in order…

BGLCorp15/02/2017

BGL partners with Jet Convert to provide bank data solution HomepageNews

BGL partners with Jet Convert to provide bank data solution

BGL Corporate Solutions, Australia’s leading developer of SMSF administration and ASIC corporate compliance software solutions,…

BGLCorp14/02/2017

BGL wins over Keep It Simple Super HomepageIn the Media

BGL wins over Keep It Simple Super

SMSF administration provider Keep It Simple Super (KISS) has switched to BGL Corporate Solutions’ applications,…

BGLCorp14/02/2017

KISS selects SMSF compliance software provider HomepageIn the Media

KISS selects SMSF compliance software provider

Keep It Simple Super (KISS) will now use Simple Fund 360 and CAS 360 as…

BGLCorp13/02/2017

Simple Fund 360 / CAS 360 integration wins over Keep It Simple Super HomepageNews

Simple Fund 360 / CAS 360 integration wins over Keep It Simple Super

BGL Corporate Solutions, Australia's leading supplier of SMSF and corporate compliance administration solutions, is proud…

BGLCorp10/02/2017

BGL to release cloud-based compliance software HomepageIn the Media

BGL to release cloud-based compliance software

SMSF software company BGL has finalised the development of its cloud-based ASIC corporate compliance software,…

BGLCorp10/02/2017

BGL releases CAS 360 to market! HomepageNews

BGL releases CAS 360 to market!

BGL Corporate Solutions, Australia’s leading developer of SMSF administration and ASIC corporate compliance software solutions,…

BGLCorp09/02/2017

What is the future of SMSF software pricing? HomepageNews

What is the future of SMSF software pricing?

At my CEO Institute meeting this morning, one of the topics on the agenda was…

Ron Lesh07/02/2017

Big data update ready for 1 July: BGL HomepageIn the Media

Big data update ready for 1 July: BGL

BGL Corporate Solutions has upgraded its big data capabilities, comprising new data filters within Simple…

BGLCorp06/02/2017

BGL launches data filter tool for SMSF reporting HomepageIn the Media

BGL launches data filter tool for SMSF reporting

SMSF software provider BGL has developed a data-filtering tool to help users identify SMSF members…

BGLCorp06/02/2017

Simple Fund 360 BIG DATA filters provide essential reporting for SMSF administrators HomepageNews

Simple Fund 360 BIG DATA filters provide essential reporting for SMSF administrators

BGL Corporate Solutions, Australia’s leading developer of SMSF administration and ASIC corporate compliance software solutions,…

Ron Lesh05/02/2017

BGL announced as Fintech Business awards finalist! HomepageNews

BGL announced as Fintech Business awards finalist!

BGL Corporate Solutions is a finalist in the Fintech Business Awards for 2017! Read more…

BGLCorp03/01/2017

Impact of the superannuation reforms on child pensions HomepageNews

Impact of the superannuation reforms on child pensions

By Rebecca James, Special Counsel, DBA Lawyers Transfer balance cap As the key super reforms…

BGLCorp16/12/2016

Simple Fund 360 reaches major milestone HomepageNews

Simple Fund 360 reaches major milestone

BGL Corporate Solutions, Australia’s leading developer of SMSF administration and corporate compliance software solutions, is…

Ron Lesh14/12/2016