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Accountants must start diversifying away from compliance work and into wealth creation and financial services, says Institute of Public Accountants general manager Vicki ...
Editorial
As a number of dealer group heads have found themselves out of a job, Mike Taylor writes that it is symptomatic of the impending death of the traditional financial planni...
Accounting
Treasury officials tell Senate Committee accountants will be moved into FOFA world....
Financial planning
The proliferation of professional "hats" an adviser or an accountant has to wear simultaneously when giving advice is going to confuse planners and accountants in the wid...
Policy & Regulation
Opposition Financial Services spokesman Mathias Cormann has paid credit to the Association of Financial Advisers's role in FOFA negotiations and reiterated his opposition...
Funds management
ASFA has welcomed government reforms, including the Significant Investor visa, which aims to encourage foreign investment into innovation....
Superannuation
The Opposition continues to question the detail and extent of the Government's superannuation tax changes for higher income earners....
Superannuation
Investors would do well to review their superannuation strategies and maximise their super savings before new laws announced in this year's Federal Budget kick in, accord...
Editorial
The industry is still waiting on an announcement from the Government following the decision to remove the accountants' exemption on providing advice on SMSFs as part of F...
Editorial
With the FOFA, Stronger Super and MySuper reforms finally taking shape, the financial services industry has a clearer picture of what the future holds, writes Chris Kenne...
Superannuation
The Government needs to remember that superannuation is a long-term investment and stop tinkering with the rules, according to former Liberal Treasurer Peter Costello....
Editorial
With the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services having last week handed down its final report on the collapse of Trio Capital, it is worth r...
Financial planning
Minister for Financial Services Bill Shorten and regulators to address Financial Services Council's August national conference on the Gold Coast....
Superannuation
Reports of payments to a union official and a mandate to a property developer have intensified the spotlight on industry superannuation funds governance....
Superannuation
The Treasury has invited consultation on its proposal to provide merging APRA-regulated superannuation funds with the option to roll over tax losses to the receiving enti...
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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...