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Chartered accountants' response 'clumsy'

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
The New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants was unused to competition and made a "clumsy response" to new rival CPA Australia, a court has heard. In the High Court at Wellington on Tuesday, Bruce Gray QC defended NZICA's marketing campaign and ...

Investec to sell local professional banking arm

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
Investec will offload its Australian professional banking division to Bank of Queensland for $440 million. The jettisoned professional finance division includes Investec's deposits business, and its asset finance and leasing businesses in Australia. ...

IPA issues FoFA aligned draft standard

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... services standard alternative to the current APES 230, the standard for financial advice services by the Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board (APESB). The draft of the Pronouncement of the Board of Directors is aligned with the Future ...

APESB extends consultation

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2010
The Accounting Professional & Ethical Standards Board (APESB) has extended its consultation period on a proposal to ban members who offer financial planning services from charging asset-based fees from July next year. The Accounting Professional & Ethical ...

AFAC and APESB launch fresh debate on fiduciary duty

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MEDIA RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... standards board banning its members from charging asset-based fees from July next year. On 30 June, the Accounting Professional & Ethical Standards Board (APESB) issued, as an exposure draft, the Proposed Standard APES 230: Financial Advisory Services ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2006
... Australia, found competency levels of about seven was needed instead of the present level of five if the accounting professional is to keep up with complex issues and communicate effectively with clients. There are now more migrant accountants than Australian ...

Jail, rather than fines, needed for corporate crime, says lawyer

Prison sentences, rather than fines and sanctions, are needed to curb corporate crime, a leading South Australian business lawyer said on Friday. South Australia insolvency lawyer Michael Barrett said the Gordon Gecko "greed is good" motto is alive ...
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