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Perth toll road an opportunity for super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
Superannuation funds may have the opportunity to buy in to a $1.6 billion road project in Perth after the Western Australian transport minister announced plans to sell the income stream from tolls on heavy vehicles. Transport minister Dean Nalder told ...

Companies failing to meet ATO benchmark

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
This week the ATO launched a tax control and governance framework and companies will be expected to comply or explain why they are not doing so. KPMG has carried out continuous self-assessment surveys, both at Australian and international level on companies' ...

Australian fintech network established

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
H2 Ventures chief executive Ben Heap believes the financial services industry has largely avoided disruption and that New South Wales could be a leader in an industry "acutely suited to tech innovation." Heap's comments came as part of the official ...

Chartered accountants' response 'clumsy'

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
The New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants was unused to competition and made a "clumsy response" to new rival CPA Australia, a court has heard. In the High Court at Wellington on Tuesday, Bruce Gray QC defended NZICA's marketing campaign and ...

ASIC bans auditor and adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
ASIC has permanently banned an insurance adviser and disqualified an SMSF auditor. Abhinav Gupta provided insurance advice via ACE Insurance's Victorian Combined Insurance division from October 2013 to May 2014. He was not a salaried employee of Combined ...

Corporate bond issue closes at $35m oversubscribed

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... FIIG will report the daily coupon percentage, yield to maturity, running yield and institutional market price on over 200 AUD Fixed Rate, AUD Floating Rate, USD, EUR and GBP denominated bonds. Prices will be based on the observation of institutional ...

Spring FG adds DomaCom to APL

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
DomaCom has been added to Spring Financial Group's approved product list (APL), which will allow advisers access to its property fund. "The DomaCom Fund is an innovative solution that opens property investing to a wide audience of investors who either ...

First State Super appoints two board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
Two new directors have been appointed to the board of First State Super. Both appointed for a three year term, Jocelyn Furlan and Gary Thomas bring experience, valuable market knowledge and "a deep understanding of the needs of members and employers." ...

Sherwin principal faces court for SMSF fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
Sherwin Financial Planners principal, Bradley Thomas Sherwin, has faced court for causing self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees to lose $10 million. Sherwin was also chairman of failed business Wickham Securities and was banned from financial ...

KPMG hires heavy in financial services

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
KPMG Australia's advisory division is positioning itself for a year where large corporates are expected to have more appetite for mergers and acquisitions. This is reflected in the company's recent intake of 51 new partners and executive directors ...