SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery believes the new licensing regime set to replace the accountants' exemption would create a bigger role for the association....
Presenters have gathered at ASFA's Investment Interchange to discuss the role of superannuation in Australia's fixed interest markets....
The SMSF Academy's Aaron Dunn looks at some of the changes flowing from the Stronger Super reforms and how those changes will affect SMSFs....
Government outlines basis for registering SMSF auditors while ASIC will devise a competency exam in consultation with the industry....
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia has welcomed the auditor registration regime but with some caveats....
Around seven per cent of all self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) assets representing $26 billion are now held in unlisted property, according to Melbourne-based firm ...
The annual Vanguard/Investment Trends Self Managed Super Fund (SMSF) Report has revealed the sector's continued growth, both in terms of the number of fund establishments...
Perpetual announces cost reduction strategy including sale of its mortgage processing business....
Two key accounting bodies, CPA Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, have interpreted the Government's conditional licensing regime as a mean...
It may be as late as mid-2013 before the new accountants' advice regime is up and running....


BlackRock Australia plans to launch a Bitcoin ETF later this month, wrapping the firm’s US-listed version which is US$85 billion in size....
ASIC has banned a Melbourne-based financial adviser for eight years over false and misleading statements regarding clients’ superannuation investments....
ASIC has banned a Melbourne-based financial adviser who gave inappropriate advice to his clients including false and misleading Statements of Advice....
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...