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Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360 Product Update – April 2022

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We are excited to announce another eggcellent Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360 update! You can learn what’s new at our New Features Webinar on Tuesday, 24 May 2022 at 11:00 AEST.  Register Now >>> 

The full release notes can be found on the BGL Community >>>

What's New?

Data Feeds: A new broker data feed has been added to the BGL Share Data Pack for Wentworth Securities. Plus, the HUB24 data feed has been upgraded to significantly improve support for HUB24 foreign share markets trades.

Reporting: 8 new mail merge fields have been added to custom reports and letters including tax breakdowns, pension minimums, and middle names.  

Google Addresses Integration: Support for Google addresses has been added to Entity Details, Contacts and Trust Tax Return screens.

Corporate Actions: The following Corporate Actions have been added for various Mergers and Takeovers:

  • MEP – 09 March 2022
  • SYD – 09 March 2022
  • ABR – 10 March 2022
  • AVN – 14 March 2022
  • OTW – 16 March 2022
  • PAF – 28 March 2022
  • API – 01 April 2022

Exclusive to Simple Invest 360

Trust Reporting: Enhancements have been made to Trust reporting, with multiple client wishlist items added. Including: 

  • Improvements to Unit Valuation Reports for unit classes and increased decimal places. 
  • Statement of Financial Position reports rounding improved
  • Additional manual adjustments added to the Trust Taxable Income screen

Plus, many more features and improvements. Don’t forget to check out the full release notes on the BGL Community >>>

Previous month release notes can be found:

Regards

The BGL Team

April 7, 2022
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BGL collaborates with Cointree to provide cryptocurrency price feed NBOC

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BGL in collaboration with Cointree, a leading cryptocurrency exchange, is proud to announce the release of NBOC; an Australian based solution providing a daily price feed for hundreds of cryptocurrencies.

“This is an industry first solution, and we are extremely proud to have developed NBOC together with our long-term friends and partners at Cointree” said Ron Lesh, BGL’s Managing Director. “Unlike stocks on the ASX that cease trading every afternoon and have a single price, cryptocurrencies are traded 24/7 across multiple exchanges and in multiple countries. This makes accurate valuation challenging. So, BGL and Cointree developed NBOC to solve this problem for our clients with the goal of making cryptocurrency valuations reliable and more accessible for everyone.”

“We have witnessed a significant increase in SMSFs and trusts investing in cryptocurrency over the last five years,” said Shane Stevenson, Cointree’s CEO. “There is an increasing need to value cryptocurrency trades accurately and with confidence. The BGL team has been fantastic to work with and we are all very excited to deliver an industry-first solution to SMSFs.”

Cryptocurrencies are a growing asset class in BGL’s Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360 which now administers $100’s of millions in cryptocurrencies. NBOC’s exclusive daily automated data feed will provide Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360 clients with up-to-date prices for cryptocurrency for SMSFs, companies, trusts and individuals. The cryptocurrency valuation is used for calculating values for financial reports and member balances at 30 June.

NBOC aggregates the public pricing data from five of Australia’s largest and longest-running crypto exchanges; Cointree, BTC Markets, CoinSpot, CoinJar and Independent Reserve. Combining this data provides a ‘fair and reasonable’ valuation. As each exchange may have differing prices, NBOC will generate valuation taking into account these differing prices. 

“The BGL Ecosystem has 350+ partners and we are thrilled to add Cointree NBOC to the list” added Lesh.

For more information, visit: https://www.nboc.com.au/ 

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March 7, 2022
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Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360 Product Update – March 2022

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We are excited to announce another major update for Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360! You can learn what’s new at our New Features Webinar on Thursday 14 April 2022 at 11:00 AEST. Register Now >>>  

The full release notes can be found on the BGL Community >>>

What's New?

BGL in collaboration with Cointree, a leading cryptocurrency exchange, is proud to announce the release of NBOC; an Australian based solution providing a daily price feed for hundreds of cryptocurrencies.

Cryptocurrencies are a growing asset class in BGL’s Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360 which now administers $100’s of millions in cryptocurrencies. NBOC’s exclusive daily automated data feed will provide Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360 clients with up-to-date prices for cryptocurrency for SMSFs, companies, trusts and individuals. The cryptocurrency valuation is used for calculating values for financial reports and member balances at 30 June. Click here to learn more >>>

Exclusive to Simple Fund 360

SuperStream Improvements: A new SuperStream Rollover / Release Authorities report has been added to Simple Fund 360 for audit / workpaper purposes. We continue to work to improve the SuperStream process for clients.

Smarter SMSF Integration: Two new documents have been added to Simple Fund 360 via our integration with Smarter SMSF. Click here to learn more about our seamless two-way integration >>>

Rollover In (PAYG – $55)

Generates documents to support a super benefit rollover or a super death benefit rollover for a member into the SMSF in accordance with the SuperStream requirements. The following documents will be generated as part of the order:

  • Trustee minute confirming receipt of the rollover and allocating to member’s account within prescribed time frame
  • Member notification of rollover received

Rollover Out (PAYG – $77)

Generates documents to support the payment of a super benefit rollover or a super death benefit rollover for a member from the SMSF in accordance with the SuperStream requirements. The documentation provides for:

  • full and partial rollovers,
  • transfers to APRA funds and other SMSFs.
  • Payments made by cash and in-specie.

The following documents will be generated as part of the order:

  • Member request to rollover benefits
  • For full rollover, a pre-populated ‘ATO Request for rollover of whole balance of super benefits between funds’
  • Trustee minute confirming requirements to pay the rollover and meet the SuperStream requirements within prescribed time frame.
  • Member notification confirming payment of the rollover.

Plus, many more features and improvements. Don’t forget to check out the full release notes on the BGL Community >>>

Previous release notes can be found below:

Regards, The BGL Team

March 4, 2022
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BGL releases portfolio consolidation with AVA Systems

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BGL is proud to announce Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360 are now integrated with advisory and reporting software solution, AVA Systems.

“It’s great to add AVA Systems to the BGL Ecosystem” said Ron Lesh, BGL’s Managing Director. “The integration between Simple Fund 360, Simple Invest 360 and AVA Systems provides consolidated portfolio reporting for fund, trust, company and individual portfolios giving our clients and their clients a holistic portfolio view.”

Andrew Quinn, CEO and Founder of AVA Systems, said: “We’re thrilled with this partnership and to be able to offer BGL clients AVAs grouped reporting tool straight from their platform. Personally, I have been in the corporate advisory and insolvency sector for over a decade and saw the niche for accountants needing software to become more hands for their clients. Coupled with AVAs family grouped reporting ability and AVAs integration with BGL, AVA can now allow accountants to advise on how their clients are doing swiftly and efficiently. Superannuation, investments and businesses all tied into one.”

Apart from integrating with the BGL product suite through Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360, AVA also allows clients to consolidate Xero ledgers with more integrations coming in the near future. “This is a real win-win for our clients” added Lesh.

BGL currently has over 350 partners in our Ecosystem and it is great to be able to add AVA Systems to the list.

For more information about this seamless and intelligent integration, visit: http://ava-systems.com/trynow 

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February 15, 2022
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BGL adds the Trust Tax Return to Simple Invest 360!

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BGL is proud to announce the release of the 2021 Trust Income Tax Return in its investment portfolio software solution, Simple Invest 360.

“This is an industry first” said Ron Lesh, BGL’s Managing Director. “No other investment platform in Australia automatically prepares income tax returns. This is a fantastic achievement by the BGL product teams and I am incredibly proud of them”

The Trust Tax Return will be released in two parts to provide BGL Simple Invest 360 clients with the opportunity to provide feedback on the functionality of the initial features in Part 1 – the paper trust income tax return, while our team works hard to release Part 2 – Electronic lodgement.

“This release includes the 2021 Trust Income Tax Return populated from the Simple Invest 360 tax calculation engine, associated schedules including the CGT Schedule, Losses Schedule, Rental Schedule, Distribution Schedules and much more” added Lesh.

“Part 2 of the release will provide clients with the ability to electronically lodge the 2021 Trust Tax Return from within Simple Invest 360. This will be the same functionality as is provided for the SMSF Annual Return in Simple Fund 360” noted Lesh.

Simple Invest 360 was launched in June 2021 to automate the tedious process of CGT record-keeping and financial reporting no matter what the tax structure – trusts, companies, partnerships or individuals. Simple Invest 360 is fully integrated with CAS 360 and Simple Fund 360 as well as providing integrated accounting workpapers, digital signing, over 350 data feeds, registry integration and BGL SmartDocs – our industry leading paper to data solution.

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February 9, 2022
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Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360 Product Update Release – February 2022

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We are excited to announce the first major Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360 updates for 2022! You can learn what’s new at our New Features Webinar on Tuesday 8 February 2022 from 14:00 – 15:00 AEDT. Register Now >>>  

The full release notes can be found on the BGL Community >>>

Simple Invest 360 New Features

Part 1 of the Trust Tax Return is now available in Simple Invest 360!

We are thrilled to announce the release of the most highly requested feature for Simple Invest 360 – the Trust Tax Return!

The Trust Tax Return will be released in two parts to provide clients with the opportunity to provide feedback on the functionality of the initial features in Part 1 – the paper tax return, while our team works hard to release Part 2 – Electronic lodgement!

Today’s release includes:

  • A brand new Trust Tax Return populated from the Simple Invest 360 tax calculation engine.
  • Support for the 2021 Trust Tax Return (paper/printed copy ONLY).
  • Associated schedules (CGT Schedule, Losses Schedule, Rental Schedule and Attachment Schedule).
  • Dynamic link to ATO help.
  • Invalid field navigation to help speed up validation.

Electronic lodgement coming soon!

Stay tuned for the release of Part 2, which will provide clients with the ability to electronically lodge the 2021 Trust Tax Return from within Simple Invest 360!

Simple Fund 360 New Features

SuperStream Improvements: A number of improvements have been made the help streamline SuperStream Rollovers including the ability to:

  • Validate the Unique Superannuation Identifier (USI) entered via the Fund Validation Service (FVS).
  • Automatically populate APRA Fund Name and ABN on entering USI.
  • Capture the receiving fund’s ABN and USI for use in Rollover Benefit Statement (RBS).
  • Receive an error message where an APRA fund does not have Rollover v3 enabled.
  • Check if a contact already exists before creating a new one – preventing duplicate data.

Plus, further improvements have been made to the Fund Validation Service (FVS) responses.

New Member Reports and Wishlists: New alternate Member’s Statement and Consolidated Member’s Statement reports have been added to Simple Fund 360 based on client feedback. The new reports have additional sub-headings, a summary account balance section, a detailed member section and a new graph design.

New Trustee Minute / Resolutions: The Trustee Minute / Resolutions have been improved and now provides clients with the ability to add custom text paragraphs.

Plus, many more features and improvements. Don’t forget to check out the full release notes on the BGL Community >>>

February 4, 2022
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Simple Fund 360 / Simple Invest 360 Updates – December 2021

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We are excited to announce the last Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360 updates for 2021!

You can learn what’s new at our New Features Webinar on Tuesday 14 December 2021 from 11:00 – 11:45 AEDT. Register Now >>> 

And the full release notes can be found on the BGL Community >>>

What's new?

Corporate Actions: Simple Fund and Simple Invest 360 now support 14 new corporate actions.

New Data Feed: A new broker data feed has been added to the BGL Share Data Pack for AustAsia Financial Planning.

Director ID: The Australian Director ID field (added to the software last month) can now be exported using the new Contact List CSV export function.

Exclusive to Simple Fund 360

Report Improvements: Several improvements have been made to the Reports screen. The Reports Index will now exclude failed reports as part of a report pack. Plus, a new binding/non-binding field has been added to the Binding Death Benefit Nomination Form.

SuperStream Improvements: The product team continue to improve SuperStream Rollovers validations including improved Members names, Receiving Fund / Transferring Fund names and Death Benefit details. Plus, a new warning to notify clients if the new BGLSF360 ESA has been added to the Fund Details screen without first being registered.

Exclusive to Simple Invest 360

Report Improvements: The General Ledger Audit View reporting setting can now be filtered by Account Type. Plus, the Statement of Financial Position Net Assets section will now display when Net Assets is zero.

Company Tax Reconciliation: 3 new tax labels have been added to Company Tax Reconciliation Report:

  • 7 – Reconciliation to taxable income or loss (total profit or loss amount shown at 6T)
  • 8P – Opening franking account balance
  • 8M – Closing franking account balance

Plus, many more features and improvements. Don’t forget to check out the full release notes on the BGL Community >>>

Previous release notes can be found below:

Check out our Resources Hub!

We provide Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360 users with a myriad of resources and services which can be found in the Resources Hub. The Resources Hub provides practical stuff to help you in your Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360 journey.

Visit Resources Hub >>>

December 10, 2021
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Simple Invest 360 is a ‘game-changer’

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”Simple Invest 360 is a ‘game-changer’ in terms of time-saving, cost efficiencies and overall administrative cohesion across both of our core divisions

About Lantana Private Wealth

Lantana Private Wealth is a high functioning, multi-disciplined firm located in Malvern, Melbourne. With both a public practice taxation division operating in cohesion with a fully self-licenced financial planning and wealth management service offering, clients are provided with a genuinely bespoke ‘one stop shop’. With the firm priding itself on maintaining a highly personalised client experience and results-driven advice process, the firm has grown into an award-winning and highly respected professional services group.

The Challenge

Efficiently implementing a software package that could be used for both ATO reporting plus client-facing performance and valuation reports

As the Director of both our taxation and wealth management division, Brett was looking for a software package that could be used for both ATO tax reporting and client-facing performance and valuation reports. Some of the initial challenges included the time in having to set up equities and cash account data feeds, particularly given as he wanted to proceed with a bulk set-up of non-SMSF entity types.

“These concerns were quickly overcome, with BGL always providing me with support from a senior product manager with a rapid response every time, invariably in less than a few hours!”

Brett was also concerned about client take-up considering how time poor many are. He found, however, that with the intuitive self-guided initial setup (including secure MFA), “…the delivery of Simple Invest 360 has been both seamless and critically enjoyed by clients.”

Why Simple Invest 360

A ‘game-changer’ in terms of time-saving, cost efficiencies and overall administrative cohesion across both of our core divisions

“We had previously been using BGL’s software offering for SMSF preparation (Simple Fund 360) and were already well aware of BGL’s abilities in this space. Being able to extend the taxation works for non-SMSF entity types, while simultaneously eliminating the then duplicated client reporting software, was a ‘game-changer’ in terms of time-saving, cost efficiencies and overall administrative cohesion across both of our core divisions.”

The Solution

The speed with which a new entity can be set up plus complete data feed configuration were integral

When looking for a technology stack solution, Brett and the team at Lantana Private Wealth focused on cost; speed of implementation; ease of implementation; reliability; support and overall, both internal and client user experience.

The speed with which a new entity can be set up plus complete data feed configuration were integral to the decision to use Simple Invest 360. “The last thing our office wants to be doing, nor our clients’ spending their time on, is having to fiddle around with clunky back-end processes and then having to test the veracity of these.”

The Results

Ever-desired transparency and assurance across the entire spectrum; more time to provide higher value work for clients

“Clients now have the ability to view their investment entities in fully APESB quality, ‘24/7’ via the web and/or via BGL’s secure mobile application (Engage by BGL). This has further increased clients’ transparency over their investments, particularly by our many HNW clients, understandably demanding higher than ever visibility over their FUM.

The fact that the taxation team, wealth management team and client are working off or viewing the same data file has saved a vast amount of time and cost in managing a secondary system, otherwise required for client reporting purposes. This is especially relevant for our firm as our wealth management division is and always has been off-platform, designed to reduce as many client-costs as possible.”

The fact that both our accounting and wealth management divisions are viewing the same data file, in tandem with clients, promotes ever-desired transparency and assurance across the entire spectrum.

With the efficiencies gained from using Simple Invest 360, Brett and the team now have more time to spend providing higher value work for their clients, without having to manage multiple systems. This includes being able to spend more time speaking with clients face-to-face or virtually, if preferred.

About Brett

After gaining experience at Deloitte and with a series of boutique advisory practices, Brett founded Lantana Private Wealth with a sole focus on individual, family groups and SME client types. Brett holds undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications from Monash University, where he was also a resident lecturer and Scholarly Teaching Fellow for four years. Brett is a registered Financial Adviser, Tax (Financial) Adviser, SMSF & direct securities specialist; and Responsible Manager of the Group’s AFSL. In Brett’s spare time, he enjoys photography, learning different languages and travelling back to Gippsland where he grew up.

October 6, 2021
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It is impossible not to save time using Simple Invest 360

It is impossible not to save time using Simple Invest 360

By Case Study, Simple Invest 360No Comments

”We are very excited to be able to present a double entry accounting system with full investment register capabilities to our clients. It will save processing time and allow us to take on more clients. The investment reports are first class and continually improving.

About Clarke & Brownrigg

Clarke & Brownrigg is a full service Chartered Accounting firm specialising in family businesses, professionals and wealth administration for clients, with two partners who have been in partnership for over 20 years. The original practice (prior to the retirement of an initial founding partner) had been in business for a further 20 years. They have family groups who have been with the firm for up to 40 years. During that time Clarke & Brownrigg have provided professional, high quality work to a vast client base. The firm has a proud history of staff stability and can boast staff members employed for up to 25 years.

Simple Invest 360 Success Study with Clarke & Brownrigg

The Challenge

Getting useful share history information out of old software to enable setup in Simple Invest 360

Prior to Simple Invest 360, the team at Clarke & Brownrigg used a very basic Investment Register System that had received limited updates over 20 years. As a member of the Simple Invest 360 beta testing program, the Clarke & Brownrigg team found it challenging getting useful information out of their old system to export into Simple Invest 360, but Simple Invest’s new features are making it much easier.

Why Simple Invest 360

It is impossible not to save time using Simple Invest 360

“The BGL SmartDocs software enables AI conversion of some reports directly into the software, plus there is a very efficient data entry screen which also uses AI to read the data and make intelligent decisions on investment account codes to add unit quantities and include the appropriate acquisition dates.

The input of source information has many different options you can use. It is impossible not to save time. It is possible to scan bank statements which the BGL SmartDocs AI technology can read, import CSV files and the best practice going forward will be a direct bank feed into the software. The Corporate Actions function is so simple and almost does everything for you. Compared to our previous manual system for accounting for demergers and company reconstructions, it is fantastic!

Machine Learning is making the most of the many transactions it “sees” and will continue to improve. The tax reporting is now developed, and the year-end processing functions are state of the art. With trusts, Simple Invest allows for automation of distributions, including streaming of classes of income and preparation of tax reconciliations out of the accounting system, with user editable adjustments for tax purposes. The input of managed fund data is so much easier than it has ever been prior to BGL. They are even producing beneficiary distribution statements for trust clients when you need to provide information to external beneficiaries. All of the above information would previously have been done manually using Excel spreadsheets or Word documents, which are prone to error and need much more user interaction.”

The Solution

Ease of use and seamless integration - A complete accounting solution

“When considering a technology stack, we look for ease of use and seamless integration. BGL is a very innovative software company, and we highly value their training and updates to assess what should be in our technology stack. The BGL ecosystem of bank feeds, wraps, client financial statement accounting software, minutes and workpapers is a complete accounting solution.”

The Results

Save processing time to take on more clients

“Our clients are very keen to utilise the investment reporting, including time weighting of investments and the unrealised gains by parcel reporting to make specific investment decisions, which was not available in our previous Investment Register Software without manual intervention. Having daily market prices is very valuable. We will be encouraging use of the mobile app (Engage by BGL) and trustee/client access to help them engage more with us. Simple Invest 360 will be an important part of enabling our clients to track their wealth outside of the SMSF space.

We are very excited to be able to present a double entry accounting system with full investment register capabilities to our clients. It will save processing time and allow us to take on more clients. The investment reports are first class and continually improving. It is also important to us that the presentation of reports can be consistent across all entity types. For the small outlay per client it is very easily recoverable in time saved.”

About Linda

Linda is a Senior Accountant at Clarke & Brownrigg and has been with the firm since 1999. She has a special interest in Self-Managed Superannuation Funds, but also has extensive experience with investment and business entities. Linda prides herself on personal service, including prompt responses to client communication and building long term client/accountant relationships. She is excited to see where the future of technology can take the accounting profession.

Simple Invest 360 Success Study with Clarke & Brownrigg
September 21, 2021
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