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Chartered accountants should be allowed to provide advice: CA ANZ

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026
In its pre-budget submission, Chartered Accountants ANZ (CA ANZ) has urged the government to lift additional licensing requirements for chartered accountants to assist in providing retirement advice. The submission highlighted the need to create new ...

AWAG partners to form $240m wealth business, names principal

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
The ASX-listed Australian Wealth Advisors Group (AWAG) is partnering with CHN Partners, a Chartered Accountant practice with more than three decades of experience, to create CHN Wealth. The company has initial funds under management and administration ...

Improvised super tax poses unfair, inequitable outcomes: Industry

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
While the improved methodology for calculating superannuation earnings was previously applauded by the industry, the SMSF Association (SMSFA) and CPA Australia believe the Better Targeted Super Concessions Bill still fails to strike the "right balance" ...

SMEs prepare for Payday Super cashflow crunch

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
The Payday Super reforms, effective from July, will hit cashflows of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as they scramble to pay superannuation to employees sooner. Earlypay chief executive James Beeson has urged SMEs to begin preparing for the Payday ...

AWAG makes two strategic investments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
Australian Wealth Advisors Group (AWAG) has made two strategic investments, in Avalon Financial Services and SWR Chartered Accountants, doubling its authorised representatives from 40 to 80 across Australia. Avalon is a Sydney-based company specialising ...

Advisers may be caught by new AML/CTF reforms: Expert

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
Although financial advice is not part of the group that will fall under the upcoming anti-money laundering/counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) reform, an expert told the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) Congress advisers may be caught ...

FAAA launches digital client identification tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) will launch a digital client identification tool to assist advisers identify and verify their clients for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) purposes. FAAA SafeID, an end-to-end ...

L1 Group replaces chief, seeks $330m

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... Capital. His prior experience includes working as co-head of financial institutions at UBS in Australia and treasury accountant at Merrill Lynch. "Julian has a demonstrated track record managing through integration, complexity and change, while concurrently ...

ASIC cancels CPG Research & Advisory's AFSL

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2025
ASIC has cancelled CPG Research & Advisory's AFSL, which is linked to the now-defunct Linchpin Capital, effective October 7. The cancellation comes after CPG ceased to carry on a financial services business and failed to pay industry funding levies ...

Feature: Digital advice | Sleeping giant

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... trusts, high-net-worth individuals and non-profit clients have all helped bolster FUM. For many clients who engage their accountant for tax advice and already have superannuation strategies in place, Stockspot head of advice Sarah King says they come ...