Accountants and financial planners work in the same space but often don’t see eye to eye. Jason Spits finds out where the stumbling blocks are and what planners can do to...

Sealcorp dealer group Pact will be rolled into its sister dealership Securitor later in the year in a bid to sharpen brand focus and respond to the changing needs of its ...

Accountants have been cut out from providing even non-specific advice on superannuation products after revisions to the Financial Services Reform regulation adding more f...

MLC is pushing for its advisers to make greater inroads into the corporate superannuation market to counter the growing threat of accountants moving into the financial pl...

Australia’s peak accountancy body, CPA Australia, announced yesterday it was confident of achieving an exemption for accountants from the licensing requirement of the Fin...

While the honeymoon is over between financial planners and accountants, the issue of estate planning has forced the two back together, throwing in solicitors for good mea...

The Strategist Group is looking to immediately enlist another 30 financial planning or accounting groups to its network of self-managed super fund (SMSF) specialists, the...

Advisers must ready themselves for a wide range of issues before choosing to join with an accountancy firm, however the venture can boost both the number and quality of r...

Cutting joint venture deals with financial planners is the best option available for accountants wanting a slice of the action in the financial advice game...

Direct Portfolio Services is to target financial advisers for distribution of its share portfolio service....

ASIC is concerned about the quality of advice being given in Australia, driving a push for standardisation of training and licensing, according to director of regulatory ...

The recently formed alliance of eight financial planning firms, the LodeStar Group, is gaining significant business in deals with legal and accountancy firms according fo...

Professional Investment Services (PIS) has formed its own consolidator group, Professional Accountants Ltd (PAL), in response to competition from other consolidators....

Professional Investment Services (PIS) has formed its own consolidator group, Professional Accountants Ltd (PAL), in response to competition from other consolidators. ...