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Super for housing would benefit 4% of homebuyers: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... this conclusion, ASFA looked at potential super withdrawals, household savings, and borrowing capacity - including accounting for the growing trend of parents contributing to deposits - to calculate borrowing power. It also found 98% of those who would ...

CA ANZ launches AI fluency certificate for finance professionals

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... AI. CA ANZ group executive education and marketing Simon Hann said the certificate is designed specifically to help accounting and finance professionals stay competitive in rapidly evolving workplaces. "The Certificate in AI Fluency exemplifies the dynamic ...

Count acquires Adelaide advice firm

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
A Fullerton-based accounting and financial planning firm has entered a binding transaction with Count subsidiary Count Adelaide. Johnston Grocke is to merge with Count Adelaide, in a deal to move forth Count's strategy of "creating a national footprint ...

Brandes appoints new sales director for APAC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... as of 31 December 2025. As of the same date, most of its assets were allocated to international and global equities, accounting for 30% and 21% of total assets by mandates, respectively.

Life insurers keep breaking their own rules: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... processes and procedures, and resourcing issues as the main causes of breaches. Human error was the most common factor, accounting for 44% of breaches, up from 36%. Failures to follow established processes also rose sharply from 14% to 22%. The report ...

TWC Invest makes risk, technology hires

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... management firms, and institutional investors. It first launched three funds described as a "departure from conventional accounting-based norms", and released the fourth, the Select Global Wealth Creators Fund - offering access to "high-quality" companies ...

AIOFP and IFPA enter 'strategic alliance'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... represented in the evolving landscape. IFPA represents a community of approximately 4000 financial professionals spanning accounting, bookkeeping, financial advice, and superannuation. AIOFP represents around 5000 financial advisers operating under 120 ...

Tokenisation can save US$135m in back-office costs: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... benefit to profit on average. For the average fund, tokenisation is expected to generate a 30% cost saving on fund accounting, 25% on transfer agency costs, and 24% on compliance monitoring, client reporting, and regulatory reporting. Overall, asset ...

Apex on local hiring spree

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... offering documents, adding that it's difficult to hire someone who has say, worked in a long-only fund from an accounting perspective, compared to private assets style fund administration," he said. Aside from the decumulation phase of the superannuation ...

Insurance through superannuation stages a comeback

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
... research paper said this suggests there's scope for millions more Australians to opt in for insurance, even after accounting for those with low balances and under-25s. Total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance followed a similar downward trajectory ...