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Draft regulation released for Accountant Exemption

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, to financial advice provided by accountants. Both the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (ICAA) and Certified Practicing Accountants of Australia (CPA Australia) professional accounting interest groups ...

Discretion strictly case-by-case in new SMSF audit scheme

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... ASIC investment managers and superannuation senior executive leader Gerard Fitzpatrick at the Institute of Chartered Accountants national SMSF conference last Friday. "We do have discretion, and there is flexibility, but it is not something that we are ...

ATO stands up for compliant SMSFs on levy use

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... casting some aspersions on the number of SMSFs reportedly operating. Earlier this month the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia's superannuation specialist Liz Westover supported proposed changes to the SMSF penalty regime on the basis of ...

SuperIQ acquires Smartsuper

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... staff have moved with the business and it is a good result for them," Ryan said at the time of the sale to chartered accountants, Rhodes Docherty & Co. AMP, which has a 49% stake in SuperIQ supported the Smartsuper purchase with a spokesperson today ...

MLC appoints super funds board member

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... University of Sydney, member and immediate past chairman of the Superannuation Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, and was formerly a director and chairman of Deloitte Superannuation - the trustee of the Deloitte National ...

Talkin' bout my generation

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... standard that must be ingrained from early on," said Hugh Elvy, head of financial planning at the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICA). "We can talk about doing the right thing about ethical standards but we need to identify what we need to do to ...

My Adviser offers accountants licensing package

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... payment for Professional Indemnity Insurance and on-going support and education," she added. The Institute of Chartered Accountants estimates that up to 10,000 accountants will be looking to take advantage of the current legislative changes to move into ...

SMSF auditor competency education push

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... reinforced following the collapse of Trio Capital. Liz Westover, head of superannuation at the Institute of Chartered Accountants, however, said that while she supports the process, the legislative requirement for a competency test on less experienced ...

New accountants' licence hailed as win for affordable advice

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... broader range of advice to assist their clients," wrote Lee White, chief executive officer at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in a blog on Saturday. Under the new regime, accountants holding a limited Australian financial services licence (AFSL) ...

Compliance hurdles too high on PAFs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... Thomas, general manager of philanthropy at Perpetual, speaking yesterday at the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants' Sydney Business Forum. "What's happened is in the good times, there have been many people who have set up private ancillary ...