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Connect Brokers sets up Asian initiative

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
Connect Financial Service Brokers has set up a specialist consultancy firm dedicated to connecting small and medium advice business owners with partnership opportunities in the Asia Pacific Region. The new business, Connect ASEAN, is based in Melbourne ...

Breathing space or gasping room?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
"ATHENS - After nearly two weeks of tense negotiations, Greece and its troika of foreign creditors said Monday that they had clinched an agreement on economic measures that Athens must enforce to secure the release of further crucial rescue money." ...

G20, FTA and Vlad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
Promises, promises. The G20 gabfest has come... and gone, but were it not for the much-awaited "will he, won't he" - that is, will Tony "shirtfront" Vlad, won't he? - 'twas, for all intents, and purposes as sleepy as Brisbane is. Oh yeah, Australia ...

SMEs embracing accounting in the cloud

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
The overwhelming majority of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) intend to increase expenditure on cloud accounting technology in the near future, according to a recent survey by Wolters Kluwer. A whopping 96% of respondents said they intended ...

MetLife partnership extend group insurance to SMEs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The two companies have produced a suite of co-branded corporate life products, which will be sold to SME customers alongside Steadfast's existing business insurance products through its network of more than 300 brokers. ...

Advisers ask for segmented education standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
Financial advisers have asked that the minimum education standards are not set up following a 'one size fits all' approach, but instead take into account individual advisers' areas of focus. As part of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) Female ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... significant costs on industry. The interim report notes some concerns with the fairness of some non-monetary covenants in SME loan contracts. It also raises concerns with the quality of financial advice. Our report was finalised before the Senate Economics ...

SPAA makes key corporate services appointments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... United Kingdom. Geers joined SPAA from Deloitte, where he spent eight years offering tax and strategic planning advice to SME private and business clients. "I look forward to bringing my experience and expertise to help expand the critical role SPAA ...

BT Life targets SMEs with insurance product

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
BT has launched an insurance solution that gives income protection to small businesses owners and key personnel. The BT Key Person Income protects the revenue of small businesses if a key person experiences an injury or illness and cannot work. BT national ...

AMP wealth management cashflows up 72%

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... products closed to new mandates. During the quarter, AMP's corporate superannuation business successfully tendered for nine new SME mandates which the group said will benefit future quarters as they transition. AMP SMSF assets under administration were ...