Ascend Accounting Pty Ltd in Liquidation
Anthony Connelly and Mark Holland were appointed liquidators for Ascend Accounting on 25 October 2024. (Update to follow.)
Below are organisations commonly referenced by affected investors. Use the links to learn more about each entity’s role in the SMSF chain.
Australian Fiduciaries Limited (ABN 22 601 228 844) is a Brisbane-based financial services firm and AFSL holder (AFSL No. 465658) associated with managed investment schemes, including diversified multi-asset strategies.
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Advisor: Jackson Alexandre Prowse In the SMSF structure, Simple Super appears primarily involved in SMSF set-up and administration—helping establish the SMSF, maintaining records, supporting compliance processes, and coordinating information needed for reporting and audit.
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Compare Your Super appears to have operated as the consumer-facing sales and advice gateway—using lead generation/outreach to encourage people to roll over superannuation into an SMSF and invest.
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Ascend Accounting appears in the SMSF chain as the accounting/SMSF administration firm responsible for the practical “run-the-fund” work—fund records, annual financial statements, SMSF annual return, and audit/compliance coordination.
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APT Strategy and its representatives are referenced by affected investors in relation to personal financial advice involving SMSF establishment and investment recommendations.
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Start Your SMSF appears to have been involved in SMSF establishment—handling the structural groundwork (documentation, consents, and setup steps required to create an SMSF).
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For investors who have lost their superannuation money through Compare Your Super & Australian Fiduciaries Ltd
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Anthony Connelly and Mark Holland were appointed liquidators for Ascend Accounting on 25 October 2024. (Update to follow.)
SV Partners were appointed administrators for the Australian Fiduciaries Ltd group on 8 July 2025. (Update to follow.)
A quote attributed to Jackson Alexandre Prowse states Ascend Accounting purchased rights relating to the Simple Super administration business, and refers to Ascend Accounting’s role as tax agent for SMSFs.
These are the two videos that Tass Bartlett and Lee Ruston used to help promote Compare Your Super and Australian Fiduciaries to Australians to help convince people to transfer thier superannuation to SMSF.