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Financial planning

CA ANZ calls for streamlined financial advice regulations

Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) is urging the Government to streamline regulations for financial advisers and accountants in the 2022 Australian ...

Financial planning

Regulation turning advisers into ‘admin assistants’

Mounting regulation is turning advisers into “admin assistants with Government records” and Government intervention is needed to maintain limited licensees in the industr...

Policy & Regulation

CSLR levy needs to be sustainable for small business: CA ANZ

Declining incomes from the COVID-19 pandemic and ever-rising regulatory costs have crippled small to medium advice businesses, and product issuers should be carrying more...

Financial planning

FASEA not the final battle

Although the removal of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority is a huge victory for many in the industry who spent the last few years fighting for reform, ...

Policy & Regulation

CA ANZ wants FASEA clarity over financial planning credits

Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand has asked for clarification over what financial planning studies will count for further credits from the Financial Adviser...

Policy & Regulation

CA ANZ responds to FASEA approval

CA ANZ is pleased FASEA has recognised it’s CA qualification, but is still working with FASEA on recognition of their other specialisations....

People & Products

AccountantsIQ offer help with FASEA compliance

In an increasingly busy marketplace, AccountantsIQ and I Love SMSF have partnered to launch a program aimed at easing the burden of the FASEA mentoring and exam requireme...

Financial planning

FASEA should draw line between accountants and advisers: AccountantsIQ

The Financial Standards and Ethics Authority isn’t comparing apples with apples, with accountants snubbing the idea of ‘study for study’s sake’, according to AccountantsI...

Policy & Regulation

Accountant tools for new era

A firm has launched a series of packages for accountants who wanted technical training, compliance documents, and templates for their limited AFSLs. ...