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CountPlus appoints chief operating officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
CountPlus named a new chief operating officer and appointed an advisory firm to assess merger and acquisition opportunities. Mark Chapman is the former chief executive of Bentleys Network. He joined the business advisory, accounting and audit firm about ...

Aged care becomes critical for advisers

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
Financial advice practices are waking to the idea that specialist aged and disability care advisers will become necessary for any planning business to thrive in coming decades. Mentor Education founder and director Mark Sinclair said the advice industry ...

CountPlus firm acquires NSW practice

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
A CountPlus financial planning member firm will acquire 100% of a New South Wales accounting practice. Robson Partners will acquire Walker & Andrews with the process finalising on May 1. CountPlus described the acquisition as "earnings-accretive" for ...

Instos chasing EM debt for value

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
Institutional investors are setting their sights on emerging market debt in an environment where equities and interest rates seem fully valued. Speaking to Financial Standard, Grant Samuel Funds Management chief executive Damien McIntyre said that interest ...

Acorns mulls ASX listing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
Acorns Investment Company is considering listing on the ASX. Soon to be the head company of the Acorns Australia/Instreet Investment Limited group, Acorns Investment Company is contemplating a public offer of fully paid ordinary shares and listing on ...

Labor's amended cash dividend refunds fall short: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
The Labor Party's attempt to protect age pensioners from its proposed excess dividend imputation credits reform still falls short, the SMSF Association says. Labor introduced the Pensioner Guarantee yesterday as a way to protect pensioners from abolishing ...

ING appoints head of wealth from Suncorp

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2018
ING Australia has appointed a new head of wealth. Cathy Duncan joins ING from Suncorp, where she was executive manager superannuation. Before that, she was general manager, national distribution at Perpetual. She was also head of marketing and product ...

Financial advice under the Royal Commission spotlight next month

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
The Royal Commission will set its sights on the financial advice industry in April, with the first hearing taking place on the 16th. The first round of public hearings commenced today and focused on consumer lending practices regarding credit products ...

Shuttering dividend cash loophole to hit SMSFs

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
The Labor Government is proposing to eliminate cash refunds received from excess dividend imputation credits - a "generous" tax loophole that's mostly benefiting self-managed super funds. Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen said this "unfair revenue leakage" ...

Contract work threatens super: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
The rise of the gig economy is one of several factors putting the fundamentals of superannuation at risk, latest research shows. Vision Super, in conjunction with the John Curtin Research Centre, has produced a report that highlights vital steps needed ...