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Grant Thornton affirms indigenous commitment with new partner

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... quality, cost effective professional advice is limited. In September, Grant Thornton Australia announced a merger with Melbourne-based global retail consultancy GNC Group Consulting in an effort to further build on its growth advisory capabilities. The ...

Property investing key to outlasting super

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... dwelling starts, he said. Meanwhile, a new report from Industry Super Australia shows housing affordability in Sydney and Melbourne has reached crisis point - and Canberra is not too far behind. "In the past five years, incomes in Sydney have risen 15% ...

Industry Super pushes for affordable housing asset class

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... economist and report author Stephen Anthony said affordability has reached crisis point, particularly in Sydney and Melbourne, with Canberra not too far behind. "In the past five years, incomes in Sydney have risen 15% on average, but house prices have ...

More clarity needed on NAB redundancies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... the same month CBA also notified the FSU that a further 182 roles are likely to be made redundant in Sydney, Perth and Melbourne as part of a restructure of its Enterprise Services teams - in addition to 150 cuts already in Brisbane.

Melbourne boutique shutters under passive pressure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
The rise of passive investment and superannuation fund internalisation has led to a Melbourne-based Australian equities boutique terminating its only fund. In a letter to unitholders, Concise Asset Management said it has reluctantly decided to wind ...

NAB to simplify operations via job cuts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... same time, Thorburn announced the opening of 10 new branches in the "fast-growth urban corridors" of western Sydney and Melbourne. The bank also reported a net profit of $5.28 billion for FY17. This is in comparison to last year's net loss of $1.7 billion ...

Melbourne advice firm cops historic $1 million fine

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
A Melbourne-based financial advice firm is the first to be penalised for breaching the best interests duty, slapped with a $1 million fine by the Federal Court. NSG Services, currently named Golden Financial Group, was found on eight separate occasions ...

Surefire Melbourne Cup bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
Want a sure bet for next week's Melbourne Cup? Bet on the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) not moving on interest rates when its board meets on Melbourne Cup Day, Tuesday 7 November. Yes Virginia, I know, it's like saying that sugar is sweet and made ...

Forgery sees former NAB adviser sentenced

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... against him by ASIC. Shane Thompson of New Gisborne, Victoria was fined $1000 and forced to pay $223.30 in costs by the Melbourne Magistrates' Court for forging and submitting financial planning documents for his own personal gain. It was alleged that ...

Trustees must raise bar on good governance: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
... APRA deputy chair Helen Rowell said. Rowell told an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) event in Melbourne that APRA is standing firm in support of the proposed legislative changes mandating superannuation boards to comprise an independent ...