Grant Abbott has been presenting and training on SMSFs since the start of the industry in 1994. In June 2000 he launched Australia's first specialist SMSF adviser training course designed to familiarise financial planners, accountants and lawyers with the vast body of laws that relate to SMSFs and how to apply those laws to create value added strategies for SMSF clients. From that time until his training business was acquired by Kaplan in 2005, more than 500 graduated from Australia's first and most advanced SMSF specialist training course. Many of the graduates have gone onto bigger and better things in the SMSF industry capitalising on the strategic knowledge gained from Grant's training.

For the past three years Grant has been hard at work with SMSF Strategies analysing and advising on the 1,000+ pages of legislation that was introduced at the time of the Simpler Super revolution. A revolution that will see growth in the SMSF industry and more importantly for skilled, strategic and technical SMSF advisers assured. In five years SMSFs are expected to hit the $1,000 billion mark - an amazing achievement and a well of opportunity and profit for SMSF businesses and advisers.

Coinciding with the release of the Grant's new SMSF book, the CCH published "SMSF Strategy Guide", Grant will be conducting a post Simpler Super accredited Training program at The Sofitel, Gold Coast running from 15th to 18th March 2010. The training has been assessed and accredited by the governmental independent financial services training assessor LASA and is on the ASIC training register. It has also been accredited by SPAA as specialist training with 51 CPD points.

The Specialist SMSF Adviser Training Program will consider the key new laws introduced with the Simpler Super reforms, provide commentary on how these laws impact current SMSF advising, strategically review the laws inside fully worked case studies and provide attendees with confidence to deal with any SMSF client irrespective of the size of their SMSF.