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Trustees risk legal action from lack of investment strategy

Trustees of multi-member SMSFs could be putting themselves at risk of legal action from other fund members if they do not have an adequately documented investment strategy in place, according to Heffron SMSF Solutions.

Trustees risk legal action from lack of investment strategy
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Trustees risk legal action from lack of investment strategy

In a recent blog post, the SMSF administrator’s head of SMSF technical and education services, Lyn Formica, said as developing an investment strategy was one of the covenants of super law, trustees who did not meet this requirement could be sued by fund members down the track if they suffered a loss as a result of the fund’s investments.

Read more at the Accountants Daily

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