ACCOUNTING

Accounting

The introduction of the APES 230 ethical standards for accountants will not affect WHK's business model, according to the dealer group's chief risk officer Craig Lake....

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Accounting

Accountant/planners in rural areas are likely to forgo their professional accounting body membership if the APES 230 standards are introduced, according to Kenyon Partner...

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Funds management

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...

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Superannuation

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 ...

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Superannuation

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....

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Editorial

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

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Financial planning

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

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Financial planning

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

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Superannuation

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...

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Superannuation

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

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Accounting

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

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Superannuation

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...

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Superannuation

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

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Superannuation

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

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Accounting

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

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