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Responsible entity fined $2m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
A court has found Theta Asset Management and its managing director contravened the Corporations Act on multiple occasions in authorising the issues of five defective Product Disclosure Statements (PDSs). The court has ordered Theta to pay a penalty ...

Audit inquiry overlooks vertical integration

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
An inquiry into the quality of audits has fallen short of recommending the breakup of the largest four vertically integrated accounting firms in a bid to combat conflicts of interest. The Regulation of Auditing in Australia: Final Report, tabled in ...

HUB24 to acquire Xplore, offloads Paragem

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
HUB24 announced a series of significant transactions, including plans to acquire Xplore Wealth and the sale of its financial advice business. Paying $60 million for Xplore, the platform provider said the proposed acquisition through a scheme of arrangement ...

Stephen Jones admits to anti-life insurance bias

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... industry must really work to develop an innovative business model to capture. "Nobody likes paying legal fees or their accountant fees or tax agent fees or anything, but they do," Jones said. During Jones' speech, he said that Labor wants to see ...

Class launches new product

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
Self-managed super fund administration and software provider Class has launched an accounting and administration product for the growing number of discretionary and unit trusts. Class Trust is said to make the administration process easier for financial ...

SMSF changes unlikely to mushroom new funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... conclusion from her past co-research with found only 22% thought of starting an SMSF on their own, while over 50% said an accountant or financial planner had first floated the idea.

CountPlus firm makes acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
... in late 2019 and early this year welcomed two new principals: senior financial planner Christine Hallowes and senior accountant Debbie Bloffwitch. They join Evers, Troy Marchant, Gerard Andrews, Steve Walker and CountPlus as shareholders of the firm. ...

AZ NGA makes acquisition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
AZ NGA has acquired a wealth management firm in Melbourne as it signals plans to expand in Victoria. AZ NGA made a strategic investment in Matthews Steer Accountants and Advisors, a firm established in 1990 with six partners and 50 staff. "In Melbourne's ...

Synchron compliance lead moves to AMP

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
Synchron's former general manager of legal, risk and compliance has a new role at AMP. Michael Jones started as head of risk and control, advice at AMP today after four years with Synchron. "Michael has joined AMP as part of our ongoing focus on ...

Lonsec adds to research team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... previously a senior investment analyst at Select Investment Partners, and a fund manager's assistant and portfolio accountant at Schroders. Lonsec Research executive director Lorraine Robinson said: "We're committed to continually improving and re-imagining ...