The accounting and advice firm network has delivered an average profit margin from its firms of 15 per cent for fiscal 2018, up from 12 per cent in the prior year....

Self-managed superannuation fund advice offers a huge opportunity for financial planners, with half of all SMSFs reporting unmet advice needs, according to Investment Tre...

SMSF Association Conference delegates have been warned that advisers and accountants need to clarify what services they provide and when, as growing numbers of accountant...

Although self-managed superannuation funds have decreased their use of financial planners over the last decade, data from Investment Trends suggests that there is growing...

Limited licensees have been at a disadvantage compared to full licensees ever since the accountants’ limited licence regime was introduced....

The Financial Planning Association has reinforced the differences between planners and accountants – something which it argues require different policy approaches....

The Financial Planning Association has clearly defined the difference between planners and accountants and why one size does not fit all with respect to remuneration, Mik...

Software provider Class has shifted compliant product advice to new partner A.S.A.P Advice to reduce compliance costs following repeal of accountants’ exemption last year...

ASIC is taking action against accountants who misuse ‘sophisticated investor’ certificates by failing to offer adequate or any disclosure....

Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman, Greg Medcraft has defended helping launch CPA Advice claiming getting accountants into the advice industry is a...

The Institute of Public Accountants has entered a strategic partnership with myprosperity to help accountants service clients around personal finance....

Employers in the accounting sector would wait until they deemed a candidate a cultural fit before employing them....

A new survey suggests many accountants providing SMSF advice were licensed well ahead of the end of the accountant’s exemption....

Financial planners and accountants need to change their mindset and the way they work to successfully service SMSF clients under the new licensing rules....