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Industry asks for stronger consultation after elections

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
The financial services industry welcomed September 7 as the date for the federal elections, and has asked for stronger and more transparent consultation process once the result no matter what the result is. The Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia ...

NTAA keen to establish referral relations with advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
The National Tax Accountants Association (NTAA) said that the majority of its members want to continue to provide advice to self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF), and added that they are keen on establishing referral relations with financial planners. ...

Super flushed 'down the drain' by illiterate investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013

Advice firms start to launch in post-FoFA regime

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
The financial services industry is starting to see the first advice firms launching after the start of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation and while the process is more rigorous now, newcomers have the advantage of being fully-compliant ...

Financial planners lose out to accountants on SMSFs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... exacerbating the tension between financial planners and accountants, it emerged that 45% of SMSF investors currently using an accountant solely for tax advice said they would consider using them for financial advice if they offered it. There is hope ...

RSM Bird Cameron expands through Queensland merger

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
Mid-tier accounting firm RSM Bird Cameron is merging with Brisbane-based firm MHM Accountants. Thirty MHM staff, including partners Frank Manning and Peter Hickson; and principal Tracy Herlihy, will join RSM Bird Cameron. Andrew Graham, RSM Bird Cameron's ...

Count goes "social" in hunt for accountancy business

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
Count Financial (Count) is using social media platforms as part of its strategy to attract accountancy firms to work under its Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). Count chief executive David Lane told Financial Standard that it is using Twitter ...

Accountants push for debate on FoFA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
The Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) has asked for "further exploration" of the Coalition's proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation. The IPA said that it needs more detail on the amendments in order to make an assessment ...

SMSFs urged to consider transparent alternatives to managed funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
... another settlement note when the conversion goes through. That paperwork must then go to the administrator or to the accountant to keep track of everything.' The international market is relatively untapped by SMSF investors. According to the March 2013 ...

Self-education cap could prevent professional development

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
The government's proposal to impose a $2,000 cap on tax deductions for self-education has raised concerns that the measure will impede professional development. The Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (ICAA) and CPA Australia are two of the ...