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Former AMP adviser in enforceable undertaking

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... that. Thorne's SMSF advice business was called Saber Superannuation. She also owned an accounting practice, Saber Accountants, and she recommended that her own accounting practice prepare annual accounts and tax returns for SMSF clients - ASIC determined ...

Adviser levy to increase by 160%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
... have to pay $3926. The cost was previously $1500 per retail licence plus $1571 for each additional adviser. Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, CPA Australia, Financial Planning Association of Australia, Institute of Public Accountants and ...

Challenger names chief financial officer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... as a graduate in audit and assurance at PwC Australia. Grimes was the president of the International Federation of Accountants for two years and is a director on The Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board. Challenger chief executive Richard ...

ASIC zeroes in on bad SMSF advice, conduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
... unmet advice needs project has received over 480 submissions, the majority of which came from financial advisers and accountants. The SMSFA in its response expressed concerns over the costly, lengthy process, as well as the fact that compliance of licensees ...

SG rise a bad idea: Chartered Accountants

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
According to Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, the superannuation guarantee should not rise from 9.5% to 12%. "Since the last election, there has been a global pandemic, the first Australian recession in 29 years, our highest unemployment ...

Sequoia completes acquisitions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
... $500,000 in EBITDA as well as driving scale in its corporate and legal document business by offering services to 750 accountants in Western Australia. Panthercorp offers company registration, business names, SMSF creation, trusts and shelf companies ...

Six Park launches ESG options

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
... the next generation of investors, and these investors are the future clients of Australian financial planners and accountants," Garrett said. "We're excited to be partnering with Summerhill, which is a future-led practice that understands the importance ...

CountPlus firm completes tuck in acquisition

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020
... firm. Perth-based member firm Bentleys WA Pty Ltd has finalised terms to acquire 50% of Stirling Partners Chartered Accountants. Bentleys will pay $1.09 million for the stake made up of an initial payment and the remaining balance due in 12 months based ...

Vale Martin Heffron

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... Martin Heffron had spent more than three decades working in superannuation and SMSFs. He was the chair of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand's SMSF committee and was on the board of Hunter Valley Grammar School. The Heffron family ...

CountPlus firm makes acquisition

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
... carry out its extensive growth strategy with a further "tuck-in" acquisition. Melbourne-based member firm O'Brien Accountants & Advisers has acquired the accounting services of Hillard O'Donnell and Associates. O'Brien will pay $570,000 with an initial ...