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From 18 – 24 June, the National Breast Cancer Foundation and BGL are challenging the…

BGLCorp18/06/2018

BGL boss knocks back SMSF cash concerns with 140,000 funds as evidence In the Media

BGL boss knocks back SMSF cash concerns with 140,000 funds as evidence

BGL’s managing director, Ron Lesh, has used an analysis of 140,000 funds to hit back…

BGLCorp13/06/2018

Lies, damned lies and statistics… in SMSF data HomepageNews

Lies, damned lies and statistics… in SMSF data

I always wondered where this colloquialism came from and whom used it first. As I was…

Ron Lesh11/06/2018

Bentleys Tasmania selects BGL solutions HomepageNews

Bentleys Tasmania selects BGL solutions

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

BGLCorp05/06/2018

Success Story: Muscillo Romano! HomepageNews

Success Story: Muscillo Romano!

I have had the pleasure of working with Canio and his partner Michele from Muscillo…

BGLCorp01/06/2018

BGL releases multi-fund reporting for TBAR In the Media

BGL releases multi-fund reporting for TBAR

SMSF software provider BGL has released new features on its software to allow multi-fund reporting…

BGLCorp01/06/2018

Mafematica and BGL form partnership In the Media

Mafematica and BGL form partnership

The trend of software and fintech providers forming partnerships has spread to retirement planning, with…

BGLCorp01/06/2018

Using Company Registrations in CAS360 HomepageNews

Using Company Registrations in CAS360

We have recently released the ability to register company with ASIC directly inside CAS 360,…

BGLCorp01/06/2018

Strategies to reduce your total superannuation balance: Part 1 HomepageNews

Strategies to reduce your total superannuation balance: Part 1

Joseph Cheung, Lawyer and William Fettes, Senior Associate, DBA Lawyers Read more >

BGLCorp30/05/2018

Fintech firm teams with SMSF software company In the Media

Fintech firm teams with SMSF software company

Financial services fintech firm Mafematica is partnering with BGL to provide retirement solutions to clients…

BGLCorp29/05/2018

Major software provider and new fintech retirement planner form partnership In the Media

Major software provider and new fintech retirement planner form partnership

Retirement financial planning solutions provider Mafematica is partnering with Australia’s leading SMSF software company BGL…

BGLCorp29/05/2018

Can SMSFs invest in Bitcoin? HomepageNews

Can SMSFs invest in Bitcoin?

Shaun Backhaus, Lawyer and Daniel Butler, Director, DBA Lawyers Read more >

BGLCorp29/05/2018

Fintech company joins forces with BGL In the Media

Fintech company joins forces with BGL

Automated investment provider Mafematica has partnered with SMSF software company BGL to provide BGL clients…

BGLCorp28/05/2018

Simple Fund 360 – TBAR Reporting! HomepageNews

Simple Fund 360 – TBAR Reporting!

From 1 July 2018, all SMSFs with changes to pension accounts will need to report…

BGLCorp25/05/2018

Smoke, mirrors and TBAR reporting…. HomepageNews

Smoke, mirrors and TBAR reporting….

I wonder at times how some people can lie straight in bed at night when…

Ron Lesh25/05/2018

Meet Matt Crofts, Head of Cloud Products at BGL HomepageNews

Meet Matt Crofts, Head of Cloud Products at BGL

Yesterday our Head of Cloud Products Matt Crofts, celebrated his 19th Anniversary at BGL! To…

BGLCorp25/05/2018

Labor’s franking credit policy HomepageNews

Labor’s franking credit policy

The current dividends taxation system ensures company dividends received by Australian resident shareholders are taxed…

BGLCorp23/05/2018

BGL Community now available! HomepageNews

BGL Community now available!

BGL is proud to announce the release of BGL Community, a place where BGL users…

BGLCorp22/05/2018

Are you being sold SMSF vapourware ? HomepageNews

Are you being sold SMSF vapourware ?

Time and time again I see organisations marketing vapourware. For those of you who don't…

Ron Lesh17/05/2018

Moore Stephens WA selects CAS 360 as its corporate compliance software. HomepageNews

Moore Stephens WA selects CAS 360 as its corporate compliance software.

The Australia Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) are targeting growing private companies in their drive…

BGLCorp17/05/2018

BGL releases new feature on compliance software In the Media

BGL releases new feature on compliance software

Software company BGL Corporate Solutions has added company registrations to its CAS 360 software which…

BGLCorp15/05/2018

Company Registration now available in CAS 360! HomepageNews

Company Registration now available in CAS 360!

BGL is proud to announce the release of Company Registrations for CAS 360.  Until now,…

BGLCorp11/05/2018

2018/19 Federal Budget – How will it impact your SMSF software? HomepageNews

2018/19 Federal Budget – How will it impact your SMSF software?

After the implementation of the Superannuation Reforms and an election looming, minimal changes were expected…

BGLCorp09/05/2018

BGL’s Client Budget Summary HomepageNews

BGL’s Client Budget Summary

Below is a summary of the budget provided by SMSF Association. For our clients and…

BGLCorp09/05/2018

Welcome to the BGL Community! HomepageNews

Welcome to the BGL Community!

The BGL Community is a place where BGL users can join the conversation! The conversation…

BGLCorp08/05/2018

What’s new in CAS 360? HomepageNews

What’s new in CAS 360?

Well, it certainly has been an exciting first 4 months of 2018 for CAS 360!…

BGLCorp04/05/2018

Bentleys selects BGL’s CAS 360 and Simple Fund 360 In the Media

Bentleys selects BGL’s CAS 360 and Simple Fund 360

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

BGLCorp27/04/2018

BGL’s Ron Lesh flags AI play in latest release HomepageIn the Media

BGL’s Ron Lesh flags AI play in latest release

Accounting software company BGL signalled it is actively looking at artificial intelligence (AI) as a…

BGLCorp19/04/2018

BGL releases the first SMSF Artificial Intelligence in Simple Fund 360 HomepageIn the Media

BGL releases the first SMSF Artificial Intelligence in Simple Fund 360

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

BGLCorp18/04/2018

BGL makes artificial intelligence play with latest release In the Media

BGL makes artificial intelligence play with latest release

BGL Corporate Solutions has flagged its intentions with artificial intelligence, in its latest update to…

BGLCorp18/04/2018

BGL releases the first SMSF Artificial Intelligence in Simple Fund 360 HomepageIn the Media

BGL releases the first SMSF Artificial Intelligence in Simple Fund 360

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

BGLCorp18/04/2018

BGL releases the first SMSF Artificial Intelligence in Simple Fund 360 HomepageNews

BGL releases the first SMSF Artificial Intelligence in Simple Fund 360

BGL is proud to announce the release of Stage 1 of its Artificial Intelligence (AI)…

BGLCorp18/04/2018

AI comes to SMSF administration HomepageIn the Media

AI comes to SMSF administration

In a reported first for SMSF administration software, BGL has integrated an AI assistant into…

BGLCorp18/04/2018

BGL’s AI Assistant uses Deep Learning to prepare SMSFs for audit HomepageIn the Media

BGL’s AI Assistant uses Deep Learning to prepare SMSFs for audit

BGL says that its Simple Fund 360 AI Assistant is “the first Deep Learning transaction…

BGLCorp16/04/2018

BGL turns product success into 3 awards in one week! HomepageNews

BGL turns product success into 3 awards in one week!

We’re proud to announce that BGL Corporate Solutions has received, in just a single week,…

BGLCorp03/04/2018

What is the status of contribution reserving in light of SMSFRB 2018/1? HomepageNews

What is the status of contribution reserving in light of SMSFRB 2018/1?

Bryce Figot, Special Counsel, DBA Lawyers Earlier this month, the ATO released Self Managed Superannuation…

BGLCorp28/03/2018

The 2018 Fintech Business Awards winners In the Media

The 2018 Fintech Business Awards winners

Congratulations to all the winners of the 2018 Fintech Business Awards Read more >

BGLCorp26/03/2018

BGL releases first stage of TBAR tool In the Media

BGL releases first stage of TBAR tool

SMSF software firm BGL has released the first stage of its transfer balance account reporting…

BGLCorp19/03/2018

BGL announces data feed with Praemium In the Media

BGL announces data feed with Praemium

SMSF software firm BGL has released a data feed with investment management company Praemium, and…

BGLCorp15/03/2018

Should there be truth in advertising in the SMSF software industry ? (Part 3) HomepageNews

Should there be truth in advertising in the SMSF software industry ? (Part 3)

This is my third post in the series "Should there be truth in advertising in…

Ron Lesh28/02/2018

CAS 360 turns 1! HomepageNews

CAS 360 turns 1!

Today marks one year since the release of CAS 360 and WOW what a year it…

BGLCorp22/02/2018

Zero touch transaction matching on the horizon, BGL predicts HomepageIn the Media

Zero touch transaction matching on the horizon, BGL predicts

The acceleration of machine learning and artificial intelligence will eventually lead to zero touch transaction…

BGLCorp19/02/2018

SMSFA unveils latest ‘strategic direction’ moves for 2018 In the Media

SMSFA unveils latest ‘strategic direction’ moves for 2018

Two of the SMSF Association's headline strategy items are locked in and underway for 2018,…

BGLCorp14/02/2018

BGL adds Client Resource Marketplace to Simple Fund 360 and CAS 360 HomepageNews

BGL adds Client Resource Marketplace to Simple Fund 360 and CAS 360

BGL announced today the launch of its Client Resource Marketplace in Simple Fund 360 and…

BGLCorp12/02/2018

Lime Actuarial links with Simple Fund 360 HomepageIn the Media

Lime Actuarial links with Simple Fund 360

BGL and Lime Actuarial have partnered to enable SMSF administrators and accountants to use BGL…

BGLCorp07/02/2018

BGL locks in integration with actuarial firm HomepageIn the Media

BGL locks in integration with actuarial firm

Lime Actuarial has integrated with SMSF software firm BGL, enabling SMSF practitioners to request actuarial…

BGLCorp07/02/2018

SMSF Academy marks expansion plans with new brand In the Media

SMSF Academy marks expansion plans with new brand

The SMSF Academy, spearheaded by Aaron Dunn, is planning to launch new member services and…

BGLCorp05/02/2018

BGL and Topdocs announce CAS 360 integration HomepageIn the Media

BGL and Topdocs announce CAS 360 integration

Leading legal document provider Topdocs has announced they have extended their range of integration tools…

BGLCorp24/01/2018

Topdocs and BGL extend integration HomepageIn the Media

Topdocs and BGL extend integration

Legal document provider Topdocs has announced an extension of its range of integration tools within…

BGLCorp24/01/2018

Topdocs enhances platform with extended partnership HomepageIn the Media

Topdocs enhances platform with extended partnership

Topdocs has integrated new functionality into its company registration platform by extending its partnership with…

BGLCorp24/01/2018

BGL locks in integration with Topdocs HomepageIn the Media

BGL locks in integration with Topdocs

Document provider Topdocs has announced a new integration with BGL’s cloud company compliance software CAS…

BGLCorp24/01/2018

BGL and Topdocs announce CAS 360 integration HomepageNews

BGL and Topdocs announce CAS 360 integration

Leading legal document provider Topdocs has announced they have extended their range of integration tools…

BGLCorp23/01/2018

Software exec fears for start-ups, add-ons market HomepageIn the Media

Software exec fears for start-ups, add-ons market

BGL’s managing director Ron Lesh has echoed concerns about the failure rate of software start-ups,…

BGLCorp19/01/2018

No holds barred: BGL’s leader on associations, the ATO, and his rivals HomepageIn the Media

No holds barred: BGL’s leader on associations, the ATO, and his rivals

In his trademark blunt style, BGL's Ron Lesh spoke to editor Katarina Taurian in late…

BGLCorp19/01/2018

The Cloud Stories podcast : The BGL Story – Humility, Focus, Resilience and Trust HomepageIn the Media

The Cloud Stories podcast : The BGL Story – Humility, Focus, Resilience and Trust

The Cloud Stories podcast explores how business solutions integrate with online accounting software (Xero, MYOB…

BGLCorp15/01/2018

TaxTalks Podcast: The Story of BGL HomepageIn the Media

TaxTalks Podcast: The Story of BGL

BGL is currently the main player in the SMSF software market, holding an amazing 70%…

BGLCorp25/12/2017

BGL users get Ignition Wealth service access HomepageIn the Media

BGL users get Ignition Wealth service access

Clients of specialist SMSF software provider BGL will be given the ability to access the…

BGLCorp18/12/2017

BGL and Ignition keep accountants in SMSF space HomepageIn the Media

BGL and Ignition keep accountants in SMSF space

BGL has entered into a partnership with digital financial advice provider, Ignition Wealth aimed at…

BGLCorp18/12/2017

BGL inks deal to target unlicensed accountants HomepageIn the Media

BGL inks deal to target unlicensed accountants

Accounting software provider BGL has partnered with a financial advice software firm, in a bid…

BGLCorp15/12/2017

Should there be truth in advertising in the SMSF software industry ? (Part 2) HomepageNews

Should there be truth in advertising in the SMSF software industry ? (Part 2)

Looks like those who cannot be named are at it again. When they can't make…

Ron Lesh15/12/2017

BGL announces partnership with fintech firm HomepageIn the Media

BGL announces partnership with fintech firm

SMSF software provider BGL Corporate Solutions has partnered with a digital advice software firm in…

BGLCorp14/12/2017

BGL adds two actuarial certificate providers HomepageIn the Media

BGL adds two actuarial certificate providers

BGL Corporate Solutions has released two additional actuarial certificate providers to its Simple Fund 360…

BGLCorp11/12/2017

BGL locks in two more partnerships with actuarial firms HomepageIn the Media

BGL locks in two more partnerships with actuarial firms

SMSF software provider BGL Corporate Solutions has announced integrations with another two actuarial certificate providers,…

BGLCorp08/12/2017

BGL adds Haintz Actuarial and Verus Actuaries integration to Simple Fund 360 HomepageNews

BGL adds Haintz Actuarial and Verus Actuaries integration to Simple Fund 360

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

BGLCorp07/12/2017

Heffron releases certificate on BGL HomepageIn the Media

Heffron releases certificate on BGL

SMSF administration developer BGL Corporate Solutions and SMSF specialist firm Heffron SMSF Solutions have announced…

BGLCorp06/12/2017

TaxTalks Podcast: Events Based Reporting Turnaround HomepageIn the Media

TaxTalks Podcast: Events Based Reporting Turnaround

Events based reporting has undergone an impressive transformation. It changed from affecting every SMSF to…

BGLCorp06/12/2017

Tech veteran ‘incredibly disappointed’ in accounting bodies HomepageIn the Media

Tech veteran ‘incredibly disappointed’ in accounting bodies

The finalisation of real-time reporting for superannuation has left BGL’s managing director Ron Lesh dismayed…

BGLCorp05/12/2017

Accounting bodies slammed for poor lobby efforts HomepageIn the Media

Accounting bodies slammed for poor lobby efforts

Following the ATO’s final position on event-based reporting, BGL’s managing director says he was “unimpressed”…

BGLCorp05/12/2017

Heffron announces integration with BGL HomepageIn the Media

Heffron announces integration with BGL

Heffron SMSF Solutions has announced an integration with software firm BGL Corporate Solutions, which will…

BGLCorp30/11/2017

BGL locks in new actuarial certificates partnership HomepageIn the Media

BGL locks in new actuarial certificates partnership

An SMSF services company has firmed up a partnership with accounting software provider BGL Corporate…

BGLCorp30/11/2017

Fears around cloud technology still lingering HomepageIn the Media

Fears around cloud technology still lingering

Segments of the SMSF industry are still concerned about moving to the cloud as it…

BGLCorp20/11/2017

Finalisation of TBAR requirements for SMSFs HomepageNews

Finalisation of TBAR requirements for SMSFs

Episode 24 – Finalisation of TBAR requirements for SMSFs The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has…

BGLCorp14/11/2017

BGL SMSF EVENTS BASED REPORTING CAMPAIGN BEARS FRUIT HomepageNews

BGL SMSF EVENTS BASED REPORTING CAMPAIGN BEARS FRUIT

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

Ron Lesh09/11/2017

BGL adds life insurance filters to Simple Fund 360 Big Data HomepageNews

BGL adds life insurance filters to Simple Fund 360 Big Data

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

Ron Lesh06/11/2017

Those that are second so often claim to be first…. HomepageNews

Those that are second so often claim to be first….

I just love it when people claim "firsts". If BGL did a media release every…

Ron Lesh30/10/2017

BT moves accountants onto cloud to improve SMSF services HomepageIn the Media

BT moves accountants onto cloud to improve SMSF services

BT Financial group has announced a partnership with software provider BGL Corporate Solutions, in a…

BGLCorp30/10/2017

BT Panorama joins forces with BGL HomepageIn the Media

BT Panorama joins forces with BGL

BT Financial Group has partnered with SMSF software provider BGL to set up two-way data…

BGLCorp30/10/2017

Should there be truth in advertising in the SMSF software industry? HomepageNews

Should there be truth in advertising in the SMSF software industry?

One of the things I think is very important for software sales people today is…

Ron Lesh25/10/2017

BGL ramps up integration focus HomepageIn the Media

BGL ramps up integration focus

BGL has increased its activity for building data integration with the accounting community through its…

BGLCorp23/10/2017

BGL ramps up focus on integration HomepageNews

BGL ramps up focus on integration

BGL has ramped up its focus on building data integration with the accounting community through…

BGLCorp23/10/2017

I can’t work it out – Are SMSF data feeds reliable ? HomepageNews

I can’t work it out – Are SMSF data feeds reliable ?

There has been a lot of talk about SMSF data feeds recently especially with the…

Ron Lesh19/10/2017

Tech giant hits out at ATO ‘fishing expedition’ HomepageIn the Media

Tech giant hits out at ATO ‘fishing expedition’

One accounting software veteran has hit out at the ATO for putting commercially “unrealistic” expectations…

BGLCorp19/10/2017

BGL slams ATO ‘big brother’ moves HomepageIn the Media

BGL slams ATO ‘big brother’ moves

The ATO has proposed new standards for software providers which one software head has criticised…

BGLCorp19/10/2017

Scope of automation no threat to advisers HomepageIn the Media

Scope of automation no threat to advisers

The current capability of automation within SMSF administration services was not yet at a point…

BGLCorp18/10/2017

TBAR requires shift to software HomepageIn the Media

TBAR requires shift to software

Advisers and accountants reporting under the transfer balance account report (TBAR) regime for their pension…

BGLCorp18/10/2017

Data feed issues creating hurdles for SMSF automation HomepageIn the Media

Data feed issues creating hurdles for SMSF automation

BGL managing director Ron Lesh said the reliability of data feeds continues to be an…

BGLCorp17/10/2017

Social network for ‘like-minded investors’ announces $7.5m initial public offering HomepageIn the Media

Social network for ‘like-minded investors’ announces $7.5m initial public offering

An online trading platform which pitches itself as a “dynamic, always-on social investment network of…

Teagan Crozier10/10/2017

‘Facebook for investors’: Selfwealth launches $7.5m initial public offering HomepageIn the Media

‘Facebook for investors’: Selfwealth launches $7.5m initial public offering

Online share trading platform and investment community Selfwealth has pushed the button on its initial…

Teagan Crozier08/10/2017

BGL’S SIMPLE FUND 360 GROWS TO 100,000 FUNDS HomepageIn the Media

BGL’S SIMPLE FUND 360 GROWS TO 100,000 FUNDS

BGL Solutions is continuing its cloud developments, with 100,000 paid self-managed super funds (SMSFs) now…

BGLCorp06/10/2017

BGL grows Simple Fund 360 to over 100,000 funds HomepageNews

BGL grows Simple Fund 360 to over 100,000 funds

BGL is pleased to announce it has recently passed 100,000 paid SMSFs on Simple Fund…

BGLCorp05/10/2017

Simple Fund 360 sees uptake in funds over September quarter HomepageIn the Media

Simple Fund 360 sees uptake in funds over September quarter

During the September quarter, 23,402 funds were added to Simple Fund 360, bringing the total…

BGLCorp05/10/2017

Big brother ATO has gone mad: BGL HomepageIn the Media

Big brother ATO has gone mad: BGL

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has significantly underestimated the complexity of the proposed Transfer Balance…

BGLCorp27/09/2017

TBAR complexities understated HomepageIn the Media

TBAR complexities understated

BGL believes the ATO has significantly underestimated the complexity of the new events-based transfer balance…

BGLCorp27/09/2017

Statistics reveal full impact of events-based reporting HomepageIn the Media

Statistics reveal full impact of events-based reporting

Analysis conducted by SMSF software provider BGL Corporate Solutions has indicated that around 290,000 SMSFs…

BGLCorp26/09/2017

BGL shares insights around TBAR revealing its complexity HomepageNews

BGL shares insights around TBAR revealing its complexity

BGL has conducted our #TellTheATO Campaign designed to get the ATO rethink its approach to…

BGLCorp26/09/2017

BGL enter partnership Xero HomepageIn the Media

BGL enter partnership Xero

Accounting software firm Xero has announced it has entered into partnerships with SMSF document provider…

BGLCorp15/09/2017

SMSF service providers lock in partnerships with Xero HomepageIn the Media

SMSF service providers lock in partnerships with Xero

Accounting software provider Xero has announced a series of partnerships and new initiatives, including with…

BGLCorp13/09/2017

BGL integrates with Xero for single database HomepageIn the Media

BGL integrates with Xero for single database

Clients of BGL Corporate Solutions and Xero will see their compliance workloads reduced following the…

BGLCorp12/09/2017

BGL achieves two-way Xero integration HomepageIn the Media

BGL achieves two-way Xero integration

BGL has officially released two-way integration with Xero Practice Manager to automatically synchronise contacts in…

BGLCorp11/09/2017

BGL / XERO two-way integration released HomepageNews

BGL / XERO two-way integration released

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

BGLCorp11/09/2017