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Industry bodies call for delay to Payday Super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
A collective of industry bodies, including Chartered Accountants ANZ and the Financial Advice Association Australia, want the government to push the implementation of Payday Super to July 2028. In a joint submission to Treasury, eight industry lobby ...

Longreach poaches CFS wealth director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... FIIG Securities. In that role with the credit fund, she built relationships with financial advisers, family offices, accountants, and brokers in Queensland.

Taxes and housing dominate election race

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... a one-off $10 billion cost-of-living 'tax offset' of up to $1200 to Australians earning below $144,000. Chartered Accountants ANZ's chief economist Richard Holden said housing and tax policy announcements from both parties have clear weaknesses. "The ...

CA ANZ launches AI fluency certificate for finance professionals

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) has launched an AI Fluency certificate to arm financial professionals with the skills to work with Generative AI. CA ANZ group executive education and marketing Simon Hann said the certificate ...

Court approves Caddick SMSF class action settlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... to the law firm and litigation funder Therium. The lawsuit was filed against auditors BPR Audit, GK & Co, Bladens Accountants & Tax Agents, Khanh Huynh, and Fin Corp Auditors. In 2023, liquidators distributed $3 million to Caddick's victims. It is ...

HeirWealth expands with private office partnership

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... comprehensive registry platform. "It offers customisable white-label solutions for financial advisers, wealth managers, accountants, lawyers, and other professionals." HTL Private Office co-founder Vasco Duarte said the partnership will help the firm ...

AIOFP and IFPA enter 'strategic alliance'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... combine to advocate for common sense reform of the regulatory environment including reference to the inclusion of accountants to provide structural superannuation advice and the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR)," the announcement said.

Advisers must improve public awareness to win Australians' trust: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... prospective clients. "Advisers feel their value proposition is often poorly differentiated, in the public's eyes, from accountants, product advisers, and mortgage brokers," the whitepaper said. "At the same time, advice is perceived as something that ...

Keybridge Capital enters voluntary administration

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
Keybridge Capital has appointed Gideon Rathner from Lowe Lippmann Chartered Accountants as voluntary administrator, with the board blaming its ongoing feud with WAM Active (WAM). The Keybridge board said court orders being sought by WAM prevented Keybridge ...

Auditors tighten fist on greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) and the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA). The interoperable standards mark "an important evolution in global sustainability reporting and assurance," IAASB chair ...