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Accounting

Count Financial chief executive David Lane predicts influx of accountants to swell the ranks of planners. ...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has criticised the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) for its lack of understanding of the financial advice industry structure, highli...

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Funds management

The drop in the Australian dollar may reveal a few poorly performing sectors, according to accounting and advisory firm William Buck....

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People & Products

HLB Mann Judd has grown its Australian wealth management businesses with the appointment of two new partners and three new directors....

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Accounting

Countplus has invested $2.15 million from borrowings into Super-IP, taking a 4 per cent stake in the group which produces the SMSF software administration system Class Su...

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Financial planning

There are divergent views, but Barry Lambert believes licensing may mean planners will have to figure out how to stop accountants from taking their clients....

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Financial planning

The distinction between wholesale and retail clients has been a fundamental part of the financial services laws since the 2004 Financial Services Reform legislation. Howe...

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Accounting

A new ICAA white paper argues the case for a new Government to recognise the ability of accountants to rebuild community trust in the financial services industry....

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Accounting

The Institute of Public Accountants has given its members an alternative to compliance with APES 230. ...

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Financial planning

Accounting and financial planning business WHK has announced it will change its name to Crowe Horwath Australasia at the end of next month, in a bid to improve the compan...

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Accounting

Accountants accept TASA outcome, saying it is the ultimate outcome rather than the journey that matters. ...

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Funds management

Platform provider OneVue has made key appointments across its institutional, self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) and marketing divisions in the lead-up to bringing ne...

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Financial planning

The Federal Opposition will fight for changes to the TASA timetable in Parliament, but will revisit the issue post-election if the Parliamentary battle fails....

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Financial planning

The financial planning industry is not expecting a bipartisan report from the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) reviewing the Tax Agents Services Act (TASA) legislation...

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Financial planning

FSC places $1 billion price tag on TASA implementation as PJC weighs competing submissions from accounting and planning industries....

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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Insignia Financial has confirmed it is considering a preliminary non-binding proposal received from a US private equity giant to acquire the firm. ...

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