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CPA gives guidance on SMSFs

Peak accounting body CPA Australia has developed a set of guidelines to help members who are advising their clients about SMSFs. "Accountants are a major source of advice when it comes to SMSFs, so we need to ensure CPA Australia members are aware of ...

We need professional education courses that set advisers apart: AFA

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2006
... keeps us awake at night is how do we [make giving] advice a mainstream profession, and that is through post nominals like the CPA and so on." "After having completed PS 146 and the diploma of financial planning, an adviser will be able to complete a ...

Accountants come under shadow shop radar

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2006
... managed super funds, and not the products that go into the structure." Belinda Robinson, financial planning technical adviser to CPA Australia, said accountants were not the key focus of the survey. "The key thing is that it is a fine line what can and ...

CPA Aust and ICAA issue comprehensive new adviser standards

CPA Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia (ICAA) have jointly issued significantly enhanced Financial Advisory Standards. Chris Benson, CPA Australia's Manager of Financial Planning says the new standards are necessary because ...

Expand FSRA to loans and property advice: CPA Aust

CPA Australia has called for the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) to be broadened to cover consumer advice in relation to loans and investment properties. Their call is based upon consumer research they recently sponsored that found consumers want ...

Financial advice quality is improving: CPA Australia

... recent years, according to a research report detailing consumer attitudes to financial planning that has just been released by CPA Australia. The independent report, which was conducted by research group InvestmentTrends who surveyed 820 investors, revealed ...

Charter Hall and AMP Capital Investors secure 94 million deal with Colonial

... million lease in Sydney Olympic Park to Colonial First State. In the $94 million deal, the Commonwealth Property Office Fund (CPA) and Direct Property Investment Fund (DPIF), both managed by Colonial First State Property will jointly acquire the 99 year ...

CPA Australia responds to FSR refinements

In response to the Federal Government's proposed refinements to the Financial Services Reform Act, CPA Australia has welcomed the refinements however believes the sections around Statements of Advice (SoA) do not go far enough to meet the stated objectives. ...

CPAs release Choice reference guide

CPA Australia has prepared a new guide to assist employers, employees and public practitioners comprehend the impact of choice of fund legislation to be introduced on 1 July 2005. The guide, called the Super Choice Easy Reference Guide, gives all three ...

CPAs want better SoAs

CPA Australia has welcomed the Federal Government's Refinements to Financial Services Reform proposal but has expressed a desire for the government to go further to allow Statements of Advice (SoA) to be less complex and arduous. The accounting body ...