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New regime for accountants: Shorten

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... briefing, Federal minister for financial services and superannuation Bill Shorten has thanked the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAA) for its input in proposed rules regarding the provision of financial advice. The Institute of Chartered Accountants ...

Matthews Steer creates new wealth management arm

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
Melbourne-based Matthews Steer Chartered Accountants is to create a new wealth management division. The division will be known as Matthews Steer Private Wealth & Tax Management and headed up by director and qualified tax adviser Geoff Steer. The move ...

NZ Super Fund named world's most innovative

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... Fund, which on Tuesday won the Public Sector Annual Report category in the 2012 New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants Awards, for its 2010/11 Annual Report. Earlier in 2012 the Fund won the INFINZ Excellence in Treasury Award and the Executive ...

Draft regulation released for Accountant Exemption

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, to financial advice provided by accountants. Both the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (ICAA) and Certified Practicing Accountants of Australia (CPA Australia) professional accounting interest groups ...

Discretion strictly case-by-case in new SMSF audit scheme

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... ASIC investment managers and superannuation senior executive leader Gerard Fitzpatrick at the Institute of Chartered Accountants national SMSF conference last Friday. "We do have discretion, and there is flexibility, but it is not something that we are ...

ATO stands up for compliant SMSFs on levy use

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... casting some aspersions on the number of SMSFs reportedly operating. Earlier this month the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia's superannuation specialist Liz Westover supported proposed changes to the SMSF penalty regime on the basis of ...

SuperIQ acquires Smartsuper

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... staff have moved with the business and it is a good result for them," Ryan said at the time of the sale to chartered accountants, Rhodes Docherty & Co. AMP, which has a 49% stake in SuperIQ supported the Smartsuper purchase with a spokesperson today ...

MLC appoints super funds board member

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... University of Sydney, member and immediate past chairman of the Superannuation Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, and was formerly a director and chairman of Deloitte Superannuation - the trustee of the Deloitte National ...

Talkin' bout my generation

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... standard that must be ingrained from early on," said Hugh Elvy, head of financial planning at the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICA). "We can talk about doing the right thing about ethical standards but we need to identify what we need to do to ...

My Adviser offers accountants licensing package

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... payment for Professional Indemnity Insurance and on-going support and education," she added. The Institute of Chartered Accountants estimates that up to 10,000 accountants will be looking to take advantage of the current legislative changes to move into ...