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Fears grow around greenwashing litigation protections

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023
... threats of tarnished reputations and legal action. "There is a need for clear, updated guidance from the regulator or accounting bodies as to what constitutes 'reasonable grounds' in the context of climate-related financial disclosure for industry ...

Link revises financial reports after ASIC review

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2023
... provisions tied to its settlement with the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Subsequently, Link will adjust its "accounting treatments" concerning the financial ramifications of the FCA settlement and the impairment of the Fund Solutions business. ...

Prosperity merges with accounting firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
Prosperity Advisers Group has merged with a Brisbane-based accounting and advisory firm. Prosperity has joined forces with Brisbane-based P+Y Accountants and Business Advisors. P+Y Accountants partners Brenden Yantsch and David Pennell and a team of ...

Rival bidder seeks to acquire Diverger

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2023
... over $300 million market capitalisation, with an increased ability to support further expansion in financial planning, accounting and other aggregation," COG said. COG added that the proposal sets a "base for further acquisitions within our combined ...

High-performing firms reveal strategies behind success

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2023
... significantly higher than firms who follow a less formal review process," the report said. Macquarie Business Banking head of accounting and financial services Olivia Ellis said Australian financial advice firms have navigated significant change over ...

MEDIQ expands presence via merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2023
... latter sets in motion a plan to take on every major city. Merging with MEDIQ is Omega Financial Solutions and Omega Accounting Solutions, having signed a definitive agreement with the former's US owner Focus Financial. Omega was founded by Max Moodley ...

Life insurance complaints drop 24%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2023
... permanent disability products (11%). Customers commonly complained about misleading product or service information, accounting for 19% of the total. Delays in claims handling complaints stood at 13%, while complaints about incorrect premiums made up ...

Best and worst ETFs of past 12 months

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023
... in assets over the past year respectively. Combined, these ETFs took in $1.8 billion in net inflows over the period, accounting for 14% of the total net flows for the Australian ETF market. In contrast, active ETFs experienced some of the sharpest falls ...

Count to take over Diverger

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2023
... of $4.7 million. Diverger provides licensing, network infrastructure and technology services, portfolio services and accounting solutions. GPS Wealth, Merit Wealth, Paragem, AFSL Compliance, Priority Networking, DWA, Care Portfolio, Tax Banter and Knowledge ...

Priority Advisory Group, Wise Planners merge

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2023
... merger," he said. In recent transactions, AZ NGA acquired a 42% interest in Foster Raffan iPlan. It bought a stake in accounting and advice firm McLean Delmo Bentleys in February and SCM Financial Group last November. Commenting on the latest merger ...