The director of an accounting firm that has successfully incorporated financial advisory services into its operations has stressed the culture of a particular practice and the associated client proposition should be the two guiding factors for the direction taken under the new accountants’ licensing regime.

The ATO is performing a greater number of SMSF auditor reviews, with a particular focus on practitioners who are providing audit services to a larger number of funds.

It is imperative for accountants looking to continue providing services to their SMSF clients under the new licensing regime to recognise the situations where a statement of advice (SOA) will be required, according to an industry expert.

Vanguard Australia has become the first exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider to offer investor access to China A-shares after deciding to include the Asian equities as part of its FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF. Effectively the move means Vanguard has changed the benchmark relating to its Emerging Markets Shares ETF from the FTSE Emerging Index to […]

The latest residential property research has shown Sydney to be the strongest market in terms of capital growth for houses. In its May residential property market update, Future Estate cited Domain Group research that indicated a 3.6 per cent increase in the median Sydney house price to an all-time high of $914,056 quarter ended May […]

SMSF trustees and advisers now have access to a new education platform aimed at keeping them up to date with the latest developments in the sector.

Individuals looking to implement a negative gearing strategy to invest in residential property should do so outside of their SMSF, an accounting firm partner has said.

Research house Lonsec’s most recent review of the Australian equities market has shown active fund managers produced better results than index or passive managers. Lonsec’s analysis covered a variety of investment horizons and active managers beat their counterparts each time. Over a one-year period, active managers generated a post-fee average annual return of 5.45 per […]