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Cheques to wind down by 2030: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
... Australian Banking Association (ABA) also welcomed the Treasurer's announcement. "With cheques now in steady decline and accounting for only 0.2% of all payments, it's time to have a smooth and well-planned process to phase out this form of payment," ...

ASIC bans former Madison adviser

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
... decision. Vick's business comprised a group of companies that provided services in property sales, mortgage broking, accounting and financial advice, ASIC said. It found that the former adviser did not act in the best interests of clients, failed to ...

Australia-UK FTA a boon for local business

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
... financial, professional services and telco sectors. The UK is Australia's second-largest services trading partner, accounting for 8.8% ($11.7bn) of services trade in 2021-22. To grow the UK's direct investments here, the agreement will bring new British ...

Hejaz backs local Islamic bank

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
... Islamic and non-Islamic organisations to give customers access to Shariah-compliant fund management, financial planning, accounting, property finance, super, tax and insurance services. "Islamic Bank Australia has already established itself as a prominent ...

AMP restructures wealth management, chief exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023
... officer, will retire and Blair Vernon will take on the expanded role on July 3. Vernon will be responsible for the accounting functions of the entity such as statutory and regulatory reporting, performance reporting, and tax, in addition to investor ...

Count completes Affinia acquisition

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023
... recent name change from CountPlus. "The Affinia acquisition positions Count as one of Australia's leading integrated accounting and wealth services providers and a major player in the future of wealth management in Australia," he said. "This strategic ...

Treasury proposes upping supervisory levies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
... requirement for Commonwealth agencies such as ASIC and the ACCC was completely eliminated from the 2023-24 Budget, accounting for a $3.6 million reduction in the total financing required. Further, a slight decline (-1.6%) in the levy for the ATO offset ...

AZ NGA partners with advisory firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
AZ NGA has joined forces with a Melbourne-based advisory practice to help drive growth across both businesses. Accounting and advisory firm Rose Partners will collaborate with AZ NGA to help it achieve key goals, which includes accelerating expansion ...

Adviser numbers drop, FAAA strengthens recruitment

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
... more heartbreaking when you see [a number of people] who've done a financial planning major and they go off to accounting or consulting. We need them to stay with us. So that's going to be a huge focus [next year]," she said.

How this budget was built

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... accounted for 97% of all taxation revenue and just six programs accounted for 71% of all expenditures, with the biggest two accounting for 52%. In a tumultuous global economic environment, and a massively disrupted one at home in Australia, any federal ...