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Seven steps when ASIC comes a-calling
You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em and know when to walk away advises the old song but if you’ve been served with a notice from the regulator, it might help to start with a deep...
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TPB guidance “dismissive” of tax experience
July 1 marks the start of the three-year transition period during which financial planners are deemed to fall under the auspices of the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) 2009. Professional Planner asked...
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Flowers binned, FSC directors and IPA warning
The Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) and the SMSF Professionals’ Association (SPAA) have announced a partnership with the former warning of challenges to the superannuation system while the...
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Regulator warns of SMSF property spruiking
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has provided more detail of the first major project undertaken by ASIC’s self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) task force. The regulator recently...
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Upskill and prepare to partner SMSF trustees
The number of self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investors not using a financial planner is growing rapidly, particularly in relation to strategic advice, and advisers must change their mindsets...
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Will a name change take SMSFs to superstardom?
It’s unlikely that you’ve heard of Demetria Guynes, Maurice Micklewhite, Elizabeth Fey, Ramón Estévez or Caryn Johnson and there is a reason for that. Demi Moore, Michael Caine, Tina Fey, Martin Sheen...
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Lessons planners can learn from accountants
Financial planning practitioners face several decisions about the type of business that they are going to run in the future and the evolution of accounting practices may provide some clues. This is the...
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Three super strategies for client reviews
The government’s most recent superannuation proposals have been widely described as good, bad and even reasonable. But what do they mean in practice for you and your clients? Compared to those made in...
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SPAA cautions on ASIC report into SMSFs
The SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) has cautioned against over-reaction following the release of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) report into professional...
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ASIC conviction as adviser gets suspended sentence
Craig Dangar, a former self-managed superannuation adviser, was sentenced on Friday at Downing Centre Local Court after pleading guilty to one count of lodging a false statement with the Australian...
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Cadet accountant rides SMSF wave to family office
In the first instalment of our Next Generation series, Professional Planner asks Jordan Kennedy the questions that matter: why he decided on a career in financial advice and to outline his path from...
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Reform puts focus on asset mix, client targets
Van Eyk’s Jonathan Ramsay recently warned that new guidelines for financial products could potentially lead to big losses for investors if they encouraged the industry to take a shallow approach to...
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SMSF auditors drinking at last chance saloon
Synchron happy with western expansion as Russell Investments predicts changes to investment solutions and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) reminds SMSF auditors of the April...
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SPAA weighs in on changes to tax regime
The Self-managed Superannuation Funds Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) has joined forces with other industry associations in demanding clarity on the regulatory framework for advisers...
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Free from conflicts of the past
There is a growing body of advisers providing services free from the conflicts of the past, and others could learn from them. If ever we needed solid evidence that the financial planning industry has a...
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The revival of the West
There is growing evidence of an industrial resurgence in developed economies, thanks to some powerful structural drivers that are allowing companies to localise production and take greater control over...
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Industry improving by degrees
It’s human nature that we value most highly those things that are most difficult to obtain. Conversely, things that are easy to come by are valued less. The fact it’s so easy to achieve RG146...
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Super future: SMSF clones, partners
Superannuation funds wishing to stem the self-managed super fund tide should be offering product look-alikes or partnering with financial institutions providing SMSF services, says Russell Mason,...
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Change causes doubt in technical abilities
The compliance anxiety being experienced by some financial advisers in the wake of pending industry reforms is being transferred to clients, with an increasing number questioning their advisers’...
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