ACCOUNTANTS

Accounting

Contrary to accountants’ fears that financial planning firms would take a clip of their fees, GPS Wealth suggested the two professions working together could increase pro...

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Financial planning

The financial services sector and accounting are falling behind sectors like technology and other professional services as employers tightened belts....

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Superannuation

Accountants who provided SMSF advice before 1 July have been urged to come clean with clients and contact their PI provider....

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Accounting

Accountants who provide SMSF advice without a licence risk not being covered by professional indemnity insurance, as insurers treat accountants and financial advisers dif...

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Accounting

The challenges imposed by licensing and higher education standards are hitting older accountants and planners in equal measure....

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Accounting

Accountants have been warned they are entering criminal territory if they provide unlicensed advice after 30 June....

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Accounting

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission signalled it will be scrutinising accountants giving advice after 30 June....

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Accounting

Less than half of all accountants who intend on operating under a full or limited AFSL have met the licencing requirement to provide SMSF advice, despite the looming dead...

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Funds management

Self-licensed Knight Financial Advisors has partnered with Managed Accounts Holdings to introduce an MDA service, which will see $300 million moved to the service. ...

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Financial planning

The image of accountants has improved on ethics and honesty with more than half rating them very high, while financial planning remains mostly unchanged....

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Accounting

Planners working for accounting practices earn more than accountants, the Money Management Salary Survey reveals....

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Financial planning

Fewer SMSFs are using financial planners, but trustees want advice, while accountants and planners want software to boost their relationship, according to Investment Tren...

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Accounting

Kaplan has announced an intensive workshop for accountants on the advice giving process, and translating that into statements of advice....

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Financial planning

Both ASIC and the Tax Practitoners Board have warned accountants of the potential high cost of not being licensed....

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Life/Risk

South Africa’s largest mutual company, Professional Provident Society (PPS), is targeting a slice of Australia’s $7.5 billion retail life risk insurance sector. ...

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My view is that after 2026 there will be quite a bit less than 10,000 'advisers' (investment advisers) and less than 100...

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Jason Warlond

Dugald makes a great point that not everyone's definition of green is the same and gives a good example. Funds have bee...

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Jasmin Jakupovic

How did they get the AFSL in the first place? Given the green light by ASIC. This is terrible example of ASIC's incompet...

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The verdict in the class action case against AMP Financial Planning has been delivered in the Federal Court by Justice Moshinsky....

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