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Primed and ready for growth

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
... become more focused on what they are actually buying," he said. WalterTurnbull are one of the largest independent accounting, audit and management consulting practices in Australia employing more than 250 people. Wanting to expand their pool of investors ...

Perpetual offers low cost Gift Fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
... to professional manage the donations by creating a simple no-fuss product where you don't have any of the on-going annual audit and statutory reporting." Baldwin said unlike establishing a prescribed private fund (PPF), the Gift Fund can receive donations ...

AFS records strong growth

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
Financial planning firm Australian Financial Services has recorded a 30 per cent improvement in profits at the start of this year - a result that the firm claims is a harbinger of strong performance this year. "AFS's record of sustained strong results ...

FSA changes practices after Northern Rock

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
... refinance its mortgage loans as a result of the US sub-prime fallout and eventual credit crisis. As a result, an FSA internal audit found it had failed to adequately supervise, engage or follow-up queries with Northern Rock's management and poorly analysed ...

MFS breaches $184m loan

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
MFS Premium Income Fund is engaging the Bank of Scotland in talks following a multi-million dollar loan facility breach. The fund's auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers notes the fund has breached a loan facility of $184 million with third party bank, the ...

SPAA backs specialist audit

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... Grayson. "The guidance statement will cover financial and compliance audits because, particularly as SMSF auditors, we need to audit of both of those." "It will not have the force of law with respect of SMSF audits. However there are mandatory requirements ...

High net worth, high expectations

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
As much as providing planning services to high net worth clients is a surefire way to grow funds under advice (FUA), gaining their loyalty is as hard as it looks. Accountants and financial planners shouldn't consider servicing high net worth clients ...

Enron Part Two

A visiting US accounting academic has called for a re-design of auditing practices to avoid public company frauds of Enron scale to happen again, in the wake of the sub-prime led market crisis. Professor Ira Solomon, from the University of Illinois ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open significantly higher after news of a $US200 billion central bank liquidity injection boosted Wall Street overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was up 195 points ...

More education for SMSF auditors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
The growth in the Self Managed Super Fund (SMSF) sector demands greater education to ensure trustees and auditors remain competent, said the ATO. Ian Read, Australian Tax Office acting deputy commissioner of superannuation, said the growth of SMSFs ...