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China surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told his country's Die Welt newspaper that Greece might need to renegotiate its debt if an audit, to be held in June, reveals that it cannot repay its creditors. Duh! What else is it supposed to do? This had been further ...

Fed money drives black swans away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
Have money, will travel. The succession of black swan sightings over the past three months have thus far failed to keep financial market optimism down. Equity markets are up, commodity markets are up and so are commodity currencies. Have you seen the ...

Less paperwork, less compliance risk: CCH

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
CCH, a subsidiary of Wolters Kluwer, the provider of tax, accounting and audit information, software and services, has launched CCH Financial Reporter, which it claims can reduce the time taken to produce financial reports by up to 90 per cent. The ...

Macq Bank chair resigns

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... when Clarke took a leave of absence and is also chairman of board corporate governance committee, a member of the board audit committee and the board risk committee.

ASIC clampdown on poor business models in advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... advice files and cases it believes demonstrates poor advice. ASIC will also employ the services of an external auditor to audit the quality of advice provided. "Where inappropriate advice has been provided to clients the licensee will be required to ...

GESB expands its board

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... previous chairman. In addition to her role at PWC and GESB, Nance is a director of Community CPS Australia and chair of the Audit Committee, of the Western Australian Treasury Corporation. GESB is the largest WA-based super provider with more than 320,000 ...

Salary prospects brighten

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
The financial services sector is set to experience a growth in recruitment and salaries during 2011 owing to improved market conditions, according to a survey by recruitment firm Robert Walters. The survey, which covers all geographic markets, also ...

ASIC strikes $67.45m in Westpoint settlement

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has reached a settlement agreement, handing investors in the Westpoint Group an additional $67.45 million in compensation. The latest stage of the litigation process was carried out on behalf ...

ATO to review 10,000 SMSFs

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... estimates that there are 430,000 SMSFs in Australia, with assets totaling around $390 billion. While the announcement to audit 10,000 SMSFs is significant, it still only represents a 2.3 per cent audit ratio, meaning it will take 43 years for every fund ...

FPA defends turf, looks to HNW

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
While the Financial Planning Association (FPA) was embracing change and moving forward with a new strategic direction at its annual conference last week, it was still keen to argue the case for planners in some of the industry's most sensitive debates. ...