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Higher education will not fix advice industry problems: Accountants

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... not eliminate the problems that the financial advice sector has experienced in recent years, the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) said in a submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). "Australians cannot have a professional ...

ATO considers increasing Bitcoin control

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... transactions in Australian dollars, the purpose of the transaction and the parties involved in it. Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand welcomed the move and tax counsel Michael Croker noted that "Bitcoin poses novel problems for tax systems ...

Australia and New Zealand accountants launch joint brand

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand has been launched as a joint brand that brings together the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (ICAA) and the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA). The merger between the two ...

PwC partner to join NAB board

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... Armstrong will more than 30 years' experience in financial services, is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (ICAA) and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. "We are delighted David has accepted our invitation ...

Murray shuns FoFA commissions' debate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... the possibility that they could bring back commissions in advice. Speaking at the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (ICAA) Business Forum in Sydney, Murray was asked by Sydney Morning Herald journalist Michael Pascoe, who hosted the session ...

ICAA questions AFSL system, calls for individual licensing

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
The Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (ICAA) has said that the current practice of individual financial advisers operating under the Australian Financial Services Licences (AFSLs) of institutions could result in a decline of competition and ...

Industry pushes for more consumer protection under FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... that, it needs to be assured that the interests of consumers are paramount." The Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (ICAA) also welcomed the government's decision and noted that "a balance must be struck between amending existing obligations ...

Accountants cautious to enter advice space

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013
... services licence (AFSL). "Accountants will not be rushing into limited AFSLs," the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (ICAA) head of Financial Planning Hugh Elvy told Financial Standard. The latest figures from the Australian Securities and ...

AVCAL appoints ICAA exec as CEO

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... Venture Capital Association Limited (AVCAL) has appointed a senior executive from the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (ICAA) as new chief executive. Yasser El-Ansary will be AVCAL chief executive starting from November 20, 2013. El-Ansary ...

75,000 SMSFs non-compliant: ATO

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... assistant deputy commissioner for superannuation, Stuart Forsyth, speaking at the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia's (ICAA) National SMSF Conference said that: "between 85% to 95% of trustees are responsible and act within the fund's trust ...