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Advisers, accountants ramp up partnerships

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2023
Putting an old rivalry behind, financial advice practices are increasingly joining forces with accounting firms as the former seeks to meet clients' demand for holistic advice that includes taxation. Over the next decade, Radar Results predicts ...

Advice firms must scale up to meet demand: AZ NGA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
... require a different approach. It said establishing a new category of "super firms" like the mid-tier model seen in accounting and professional services will be the future blueprint for successful advice businesses in the future. To build such firms ...

FCA mulls capital requirements for firms giving bad advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2023
... advice by insolvent personal investment firms between 2016 and 2022. This expenditure was primarily caused by 75 firms, accounting for 95% of the total compensation. The FCA's proposed measures are designed to build upon and refine existing capital requirements. ...

Spatium Capital selects trustee, administrator for small caps fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023
... licence. Meantime, ASCENT Group is an independent global fund administrator, that offers a digital investor and fund accounting service for over 700 funds on its platform across 12 of the world's financial hubs. Spatium Capital director Nicholas ...

Super funds missing out on rich returns from Aussie agriculture

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
... the agricultural sector, which accounts for over 7% of Australia's economy yet remains underrepresented on the ASX, accounting for just $30 billion of a $1.6 trillion market capitalisation. "There's a great opportunity for super funds to broaden their ...

Count, Diverger forge ahead with acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
... creating more transformational shareholder outcomes by capitalising on the consolidation opportunity in the advice and accounting market. Specifically, the combined group comprising Diverger and Count is expected to benefit from a significantly strengthened ...

Wages growth reaches unsustainable level: Mousina

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023
... wages growth running at about 3-3.5% per annum - that is considered sustainable," she explained. Mousina said that when accounting for factors such as Australia's low productivity growth, the aim is to avoid a substantial surge in unit labour costs ...

Fears grow around greenwashing litigation protections

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023
... threats of tarnished reputations and legal action. "There is a need for clear, updated guidance from the regulator or accounting bodies as to what constitutes 'reasonable grounds' in the context of climate-related financial disclosure for industry ...

Link revises financial reports after ASIC review

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2023
... provisions tied to its settlement with the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Subsequently, Link will adjust its "accounting treatments" concerning the financial ramifications of the FCA settlement and the impairment of the Fund Solutions business. ...

Prosperity merges with accounting firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
Prosperity Advisers Group has merged with a Brisbane-based accounting and advisory firm. Prosperity has joined forces with Brisbane-based P+Y Accountants and Business Advisors. P+Y Accountants partners Brenden Yantsch and David Pennell and a team of ...