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Perpetual offers low cost Gift Fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
Perpetual Foundation has developed its Gift Fund which allows organisations and individuals to easily create an on-going donation fund fast. The Gift Fund is a professionally managed product that can be formed in roughly two days with an initial $20,000 ...

AFS records strong growth

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
Financial planning firm Australian Financial Services has recorded a 30 per cent improvement in profits at the start of this year - a result that the firm claims is a harbinger of strong performance this year. "AFS's record of sustained strong results ...

FSA changes practices after Northern Rock

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
The UK based Financial Services Authority (FSA) has overhauled its staffing and reviewing methods after an internal investigation found it failed to properly review Northern Rock's liquidity crisis. In February, Newcastle-based Northern Rock sought ...

That's life, four pillars to stay forever

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
April 1st came early this year with the Reserve Bank, the Productivity Commission and the National Trust of NSW making some of their most incredible public statements ever. High interest rates and bank rates jumping above the Reserve's official benchmark ...

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
The Self Managed Super Fund (SMSF) Professionals Association of Australia is turning its attention to auditing practices, and will call on new legislation to recognise auditors accredited to work on SMSFs as specialist SMSF auditors. "We're applying ...

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 ...

Future Fund continues hiring spree

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
As the $59.6 billion Future Fund's investment gathers pace, word is out the fund is looking to appoint half a dozen more to its investment team. Chief investment officer, David Neal, told the audience at the 2008 Asset Allocation Summit yesterday that ...