Accountants have been warned they simply can’t continue to give SMSF advice as they always have....
Accountants who do not obtain a limited AFSL before 1 July 2016, could be forced to wait until 2019 to provide SMSF advice, a legal expert warns....
Advisers need to start preparing for changes to the way property leases will be treated on their balance sheets from 2019, an accountancy firm warns....
ASIC numbers revealed application and approval numbers remained low for accountants even as the removal of the accountants exemption for advising on SMSFs loomed....
Limited licensing for accountants is all well and good, but how will it be policed, financial services mergers and acquisitions consultant, John Birt asks....
Limited licensing for accountants could be a chance for planners to provide peer-to-peer mentoring to accountants and bridge the gap between the two sectors....
CA ANZ announces innovation initiative to help small to medium sized enterprises access big data through dashboards and predictive models....
Accountants are faced with growing pressure to remain relevant or risk becoming “obsolete” in the face of cloud-based and self-service accounting tools, RSM believes....
Many accountants are sitting on the hands not knowing what to do ahead of the expiry of the Accountants’ Exemption, according to one AFSL holder....
Accountants are being offered a licensing solution that will enable them to continue to provide SMSF advice without the loss of client control....
IPA chief executive, Andrew Conway, is urging the Federal Government to take conclusive action regarding the Harper Review to achieve real competition policy reform....
The banning of an experienced accountant for breaches of financial services legislation highlights the need for all professionals to be aware of the regulatory framework ...
Tax agents’ reputations and client relationships are being damaged by the ATO’s push for more digital interactions, the Institute of Public Accountants claims....
The Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) has urged its members to heed ASIC’s warnings about time running out to pursue the new limited licensing regime....
Accounting and advice groups looking to expand their operations are becoming increasingly frustrated by the lack of sellers in the market....
My view is that after 2026 there will be quite a bit less than 10,000 'advisers' (investment advisers) and less than 100...
Dugald makes a great point that not everyone's definition of green is the same and gives a good example. Funds have bee...
How did they get the AFSL in the first place? Given the green light by ASIC. This is terrible example of ASIC's incompet...