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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 ...

Fresh directions for super: ASFA

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
The current share market turbulence has been hailed a "positive" way to kickstart the year for the superannuation industry, as the Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) forges onward with new goals and agenda for 2008. Speaking at the ...

PI a priority at Paragem

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
... which is why we introduced this service," said Knox. Paragem's PI support service will be an extension to the compliance and audit work that is currently available to its customer base of 150 dealers.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
The Australian market is expected to open slightly higher this morning, on a generally positive lead from Wall Street and a mixed performance from base metals in London overnight. At 0703 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index ...

AXA's succession solutions

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
Financial advisors looking to sell their business must ensure it's operating successfully because inefficient practices risk being sold at almost 20 per cent below the industry average, an AXA report found. The 2008 AXA Succession Report was published ...