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Stanford Brown eyes expansion

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... disclose more details of the firm's plans but said that options could include acquiring an accounting practice or hiring accountants. The move is largely driven by its clients, he said, but data security and concurrent planning were also important factors ...

Industry embraces Mental Health Month

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... Hou, chief executive of Platinum Professional Training and Platinum Accounting, the month is an opportunity to remind accountants of the importance of checking in with their mental health and wellbeing. "Most accountants enjoy their jobs, but sometimes ...

Saxo partners for new reporting service

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2019
... alliance with a Saxo as highly beneficial for our clients." Investors trading with Saxo will now be able to give their accountants access to trading records via Sharesight - this should streamline much of the manual work that goes into tax reporting. ...

Association policy lead to join Treasury

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... comprised of 1.1 million SMSF members who have over $750 billion in funds under management. The SMSFA consists of accountants, lawyers, financial planners, tax professionals and actuaries amongst others. It aims to assist SMSF trustees by providing them ...

CPA, CAANZ designations approved

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
Chartered accountants and CPAs will now be able to claim credits for prior learning towards meeting the FASEA education standards for financial advisers. The Financial Adviser Standard and Ethics Authority will approve one credit for advisers who have ...

Commonwealth Bank mulls retail advice business sale

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... advice on equities. The business is separate from CommSec Adviser Services (CAS) which provides financial planners and accountants with investment services including trading, investment loans, and cash and term deposits. CBA's advice interests are ...

Will financial advisers cease to exist?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... performance analysts believe their role will cease to exist in the coming years. Eleven percent of traders and 9% of accountants or auditors said the same.

ASIC FAR, advice industry contract

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... also gained ground. The fastest growing advice group in the three years to December 2018 was the National Tax and Accountants Association, also known as SMSF Advisers Network. Over the three year period, the licensee went from just 11 advisers to more ...

Advice and accounting align post-Royal Commission: CountPlus

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... whitepaper argues that a new space defined by professionalism and quality advice outcomes is rapidly forming. Advisers and accountants will therefore need to adapt. CountPlus put together the paper based on CoreData research, which found that accounting ...

SMSF wind-ups spike: ATO

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... longer or if there's no family support to continue," he said. He also noted the decrease coincides with many SMSF accountants deciding not to proceed with a limited licence so trustees would have been carefully considering whether to continue with ...