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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 ...

SMSF gender gap reduces over time

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... Benchmark Report has become a key reference document for the industry, providing timely data and insights to support SMSF accountants, administrators and advisers," Day said. "The insights on average total fund balances in this quarter's feature were ...

Super, life risk face election test

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... again seen the superannuation system become a field for point-scoring politicians, according to Vincents Chartered Accountants superannuation director Brett Griffiths. Despite years, even decades, of continuous reform, the Labor party is looking to implement ...