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BT ramps up SMSF offering

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
BT is keeping an eye on the growing SMSF sector, improving BT Wrap to include more SMSF-centric functionalities. Craig Lawrenson, national manager BT Wrap Product and Strategy, said the growth of SMSFs present an enormous opportunity for the financial ...

CalPERS endorses best practice in PE

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
CalPERS is taking a stronger stance in its private equity investments after endorsing a set of principles to promote transparency and alignment of interests in PE deals. In a press statement, the $229 billion California Public Employees' Retirement ...

Cavendish launches adviser portal

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
... workflow systems, allowing advisers to view and print status reports. "They will be able to see if the fund has gone to audit, if the financials have been prepared and sent to clients, whether they have been returned and the tax return lodged with the ...

Westpoint auditors get just desserts

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
... provide that Fullarton, Kelly and Robinson must participate in an additional ten hours of continuing professional education on audit-related matters during these periods and have their next three audits following these respective periods reviewed by ...

Trustees must not be victimised: APRA

APRA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
The chief executive of an employer association is facing criminal prosecution for allegedly sacking two employees who were trustees of the association's super fund because they didn't renew an outsourcing contract the fund had with the association. ...

Count buys Evolution Advisers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... 1600 clients and offers accounting and financial services to businesses and individuals with a focus on compliance, tax, audit, corporate services, financial planning, loans and leasing. The four person principal group is chaired by its founder, Warren ...

Macquarie launches online election service

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... processes, removing the need for follow up by validating client elections as the adviser authorises them and improving the audit trail by maintaining election history online for 13 months. Benjamin Kohn, director of Link Financial Services, said he has ...

UK pension and fundies to drive long-termism

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... companies they invest in to focus on long-term shareholder value, according to the Walker Review. The review, an independent audit of corporate governance of UK banks and other financial institutions, has made 39 recommendations to the government. The ...

Flawed fund analysis demands new metric: Study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
Flawed super fund performance analysis leading to a type of market failure necessitates development of a new 'whole of fund' metric that investors can use to better compare super funds, argue APRA analysts in a recently released research paper. "Publication ...

ASIC flags end-of-year signposts

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... But adding to the compliance burden, the ASX has increased the number of qualifications that companies have to include on audit reports: more than trebling the number of 'emphasis of matter' paragraphs from 130 back in 2007 to 407 by end of last year. ...