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Crowe Horwath extends reach with new appointments

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
Financial services firm Crowe Horwath has announced four new senior appointments in a major hiring drive that has seen the company recruit a total of 17 Principals in the past year. Russell Wilkinson has been appointed to customs and Rahavan Yoganathan ...

VicSuper nabs three sustainability awards

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... categories; best sustainability report, best ASX Top-50 report and best report in the energy sector. VicSuper was also awarded best SME report. The awards recognise the importance of integration of sustainable development into business strategy and excellence ...

Consumers flex social media muscle

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... social media is a way of being invited to a party without having to host it. "The retail banks have found a sweet spot with the SME's - the Internet has opened that world up for them. The banks fill the expertise gap for the SME's and wealth managers ...

CBA's Norris to retire, Narev replaces

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... he lead the acquisition of Bankwest and CBA's investment in Aussie Home Loans. In his current role he manages 4,000 staff, SME banking, private banking, on-line brokerage and margin lending. Prior to joining CBA, Narev was a global partner of New York ...

Super fund director taken to court for fees

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
An industry superannuation fund director and union boss is being taken to court for the board fees he earned, by another state secretary of his union. Dean Mighell, Victorian secretary of the Electrical Trades Union (ETU), lodged a statement of claim ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
The Australian share market is receiving a sharp boost from trading offshore overnight, after Wall Street surged on positive US economic data and commodities prices rose strongly. At 0719 AEST, the September share price index futures contract was up ...

Merged planning group to meet new client needs

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... accredited financial planning firms have combined to form a national business, Eluvia, providing a more complex suite of advice to SME and individual clients. When Sydney based President Financial Services came on the market in 2010, KRA Financial Group ...

SMEs turning to advice, slowly

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... Cameron. The Bird Cameron 'Think Big' study of small business attitudes found that the primary superannuation problem for SME owners is their very low superannuation savings adequacy, with 93 per cent concerned they have too little superannuation savings. ...

Trio victims turn on planners

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
Self-managed super fund trustees left without compensation from the Trio fraud debacle have turned on their former financial advisers. About 100 investors are suing defunct financial planning firm Tarrants Financial Consultants, reportedly on the grounds ...

FuturePlus targets super funds

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
FuturePlus Financial Services (FuturePlus) adds a fourth client to its administration services list, with plans to target small to medium funds. FuturePlus will provide superannuation administration services to Super Money Eligible Rollover Fund (SMERF) ...