Investors need to focus on the income derived from property investment rather than rely on capital growth to temper negative gearing, says Smartline Personal Mortgage Adv...

Lack of knowledge among financial advisers seems to be the main reason for the shortfall in the take-up of life insurance cover in the SMSF market, according to research ...

A gap in knowledge has been identified as the main reason for the decline in the purchase of life insurance cover by SMSFs, AIA has found....

Rahul Guha uses his experience as an accountant to provide a few tips on how to manage profit in uncertain times....

Capstone has appointed former Bendigo and Adelaide Bank senior manager of financial planning Jamie Johns to lead its push into the accounting marketplace....

Following a number of staff departures since the start of the year, accounting firm WHK Group has made changes to its management structure....

On the back of changes announced as part of the FOFA guidelines, My Adviser has announced the launch of a specialist authority to enable accountants to continue to recomm...

Outsourcing business processes for self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) is growing in popularity, but cost-cutting is not the biggest motivator....

Dealer group My Adviser has announced the launch of a specialist package for accountants, which it claims will go beyond the proposed legislation....

Accounting firm RSM Bird Cameron has warned company directors that they need to make themselves aware of changes to director penalty notices, which include changes to pay...

SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery believes the new licensing regime set to replace the accountants' exemption would create a bigger role for the association....

Government outlines basis for registering SMSF auditors while ASIC will devise a competency exam in consultation with the industry....

It may be as late as mid-2013 before the new accountants' advice regime is up and running....

By becoming licensed to provide financial advice, accountants will be able to charge clients for advice they are currently "giving away for free", says head of SMSF Advic...