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Whaling scams are often hard to detect because the emails usually do not have an attachment or URL link.

6 tips to foil a whaling scam

12 Feb 2019

Accounting firms are vulnerable to whaling scams, where cybercriminals impersonate a senior executive.

9 brilliant business ideas for 2019

11 Feb 2019

Disruption calls for innovative thinking. Here are nine brilliant business ideas to get you started.

Recent court cases are a stark warning to SMSF auditors, after a court found a second auditor responsible for a lion's share of SMSFs losses.

SMSF auditors under renewed scrutiny

07 Feb 2019

A legal precedent may be set for SMSF auditors after a court found a second auditor responsible for the lion’s share of an SMSF’s losses.

Practices offering virtual CFO services tend to develop closer relationships with clients.

The rise and rise of the virtual CFO

07 Feb 2019

Practitioners performing the role of a virtual CFO are not only widening their client base and growing revenue but riding a wave of increasing demand.

A robot is demonstrated during the Japan Robot Week 2018. Data analytics and technologies such as the cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) are creating new or improved roles.

Technology, talent lead 2019 trends for accountants in the Asia-Pacific

01 Feb 2019

Trend watch 2019: The outlook for accountants in the Asia-Pacific region has never been more stirring, but the biggest rewards will come to firms and individuals who are on the front foot.

Slavery and bribery are likely to be top of the agenda for financial regulators in 2019. Here's a look at the landscape for regulations in the Asia-Pacific.

The regulations you face in 2019: Asia-Pacific snapshot

01 Feb 2019

Slavery and bribery are likely to be top of the agenda for financial regulators in 2019. Here's a look at the landscape for regulations in the Asia-Pacific.

Joyce Routledge (left) and Cherie Bush (right) from iBase, which offers a different approach to Indigenous accounting.

A new way forward for Indigenous accounting

01 Feb 2019

Trust in accountants can be low in Indigenous communities and iBase is out to change that. But when you're a remote-based accounting practice, sometimes you have to do things a little differently.