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Special articles relevant to current issues and challenges for accounting firms
Client retention following M&A
by For Accountants | Feb 15, 2018 | Featured Articles, Practice Management
Client retention and growth is more often than not the key objective of M&A deals within the accounting and financial advisory sectors. There’s real opportunity to be gained from both client and firm perspective in presenting a more integrated approach to clients...
The Proactive Manager – Focus on Compliance or Advice?
by Dale Crosby | Feb 15, 2018 | Featured Articles
As accounting firms move from a dominant focus on compliance in the work they do with clients to a focus on both compliance and advisory skills, the role of manager has never been more critical. Two types of managers are evolving in public practice, the first with the...
Do pension SMSFs match their stereotypes? – Benchmark Report Results
by Lilian Kealty | Feb 15, 2018 | Featured Articles, Technology Support
SMSFs in pension phase carry a stereotype of having a more conservative investment profile, while also chasing yield as a source of income. The December 2017 Class SMSF Benchmark Report takes a closer look at SMSF pension assets and highlights where retirees are...
Get ready for changes to casual and part-time entitlements
by Sean Wilson | Feb 15, 2018 | Featured Articles
Changes to overtime rates and shift entitlements for casual and part-time employees covered by some Modern Awards will come into operation on 1 January 2018 and take effect from the first full pay period of the new year. These changes give effect to the decision of...
2017 Good Bad Ugly vs Australian Financial Review Top 100 Results
by Brad Geelan | Feb 15, 2018 | Featured Articles, Practice Management
Over the recent break, I received a handful of emails from clients curious as to how the Australian Financial Review Top 100 results compared to the Good Bad Ugly 2017 results. So I thought a short comparison would be interesting. In relation to collecting data, both...
Challenges and Opportunities for a New Year
by Peter Towers | Feb 15, 2018 | Featured Articles, Technology Support
It’s still early enough in 2018 for accountants to be identifying challenges that present opportunities for accountancy businesses to exploit by offering innovative services to small/medium enterprise clients over the next few months. One of the biggest challenges is...