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CountPlus firm completes tuck in acquisition

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020
... firm. Perth-based member firm Bentleys WA Pty Ltd has finalised terms to acquire 50% of Stirling Partners Chartered Accountants. Bentleys will pay $1.09 million for the stake made up of an initial payment and the remaining balance due in 12 months based ...

Vale Martin Heffron

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... Martin Heffron had spent more than three decades working in superannuation and SMSFs. He was the chair of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand's SMSF committee and was on the board of Hunter Valley Grammar School. The Heffron family ...

CountPlus firm makes acquisition

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
... carry out its extensive growth strategy with a further "tuck-in" acquisition. Melbourne-based member firm O'Brien Accountants & Advisers has acquired the accounting services of Hillard O'Donnell and Associates. O'Brien will pay $570,000 with an initial ...

Advice associations join forces

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
... Practitioners' Board requirements. Further to this, Johnston said the alliance forms a "very compelling mutual benefit". "Accountants want to protect their client base from outside influence by establishing a relationship with an adviser and advisers ...

ASIC takes SMSF accountant to court

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... would provide increased retirement benefits. ASIC also determined that by recommending her accountancy practice, Saber Accountants, prepare the annual accounts and tax returns for SMSF clients, she had effectively recommended the services of a related ...

Responsible entity fined $2m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... Theta placed itself into voluntary administration in December last year and appointed Worrells Solvency and Forensic Accountants as administrators of itself and Value Stream Investment Management. ASIC issued proceedings against Theta and Marie on 11 ...

Audit inquiry overlooks vertical integration

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... corporations". Combatting the lack of independence would mean that the "Big-4 must simply be broken up". The Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand welcomed the recommendations. "We called for a more integrated and consistent approach to how ...

HUB24 to acquire Xplore, offloads Paragem

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... in scale, efficiency and product capability across platforms, data and technology services for licensees, advisers, accountants, stockbrokers and their clients," it said. HUB24 chief executive Andrew Alcock said the successful completion of these transactions ...

Class launches new product

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... discretionary and unit trusts. Class Trust is said to make the administration process easier for financial advisers and accountants by automating parts of the process from deed establishment and management through to closure. Class chief executive Andrew ...

AZ NGA makes acquisition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... firm in Melbourne as it signals plans to expand in Victoria. AZ NGA made a strategic investment in Matthews Steer Accountants and Advisors, a firm established in 1990 with six partners and 50 staff. "In Melbourne's north west corridor of industry, Matthews ...