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Challenger hops on SuperStream gateway

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
The Challenger Retirement Fund has signed up to the electronic SuperStream rollover gateway, a move that could reduce some of its admin costs to a fraction of where they are today. The Fund said it is the first superannuation fund to sign up to the ...

Accountants in demand

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
Accountants are one of several professions that are in short supply in Australia, new research has revealed. The Clarius Skills Index for December shows that accountants, along with engineers, IT professionals, corporate services managers are in high ...

WHK appoints SMSF head

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... said head of WHK financial services John Nantes. "We are strongly positioned in this market as we offer accounting, tax, audit, administration and advice services for SMSF trustees."

Some auditors won't be counted

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
Some accountants who apply for the new self managed super fund auditor regime will be rejected, warned the boss of Australia's corporate regulator. Speaking yesterday at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) annual conference in Melbourne ...

Topdocs automates SMSF deed updating

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
Self Managed Super Funds document provider Topdocs released today the Topdocs SMSF Deed Update, an automated update system for deeds. The new system allows professionals save time updating SMSF deeds after legislative and rule changes. "The new update ...

Anova wins tech industry recognition

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... director Darrin Courtney. "At an enterprise level, systems that offer integrated and automated solutions will provide the audit trails and workflow support necessary to meet the requirements of an increasingly more stringent and complicated regulatory ...

SPAA urges SMSF auditors to register with regulator

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) is urging SMSF auditors to register as soon as possible so they are cleared to audit funds when the new licensing regime comes in to effect on 1 July. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

SPAA welcomes Gov's tick of approval

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
A representative body for self managed superannuation fund professionals has welcomed a federal government decision to recognise its fund auditing qualification as a win for professionalism. The program offered by the SMSF Professionals' of Australia ...

Jury out on AFSL uptake by accountants

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... is more than likely that many will have to find a way to be covered by an accountants' AFSL, she said. Earlier this week audit-specialist Accountable Financial Services released a statement that said accountants were unlikely to take up the AFSL as it ...

Audit report "disappointing"

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
ASIC boss Greg Medcraft has said that the results of the corporate watchdog's latest audit inspection show a drop in quality and are disappointing. The report for the 18 months to 30 June 2012 covered inspections of 20 Australian audit firms and found ...