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New regime for accountants: Shorten

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... thanked the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAA) for its input in proposed rules regarding the provision of financial advice. The Institute of Chartered Accountants made a joint submission with CPA Australia on the draft regulations on 'accountants' ...

SFG FUA grow 8% to $11.6bn

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... company clients from its offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. SFG said the merger reflects the convergence of financial advice and accountancy services within the financial services industry.

Two-thirds US clients don't understand fees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... to differentiate on price. "Trying to differentiate based on price and services remains an uphill battle for financial advice providers," said Scott Smith, associate director at Cerulli. "Investors have limited bandwidth to understand the complexities ...

Valuation drop for WHK if merger falls through: Macquarie

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... interim results release," the report said. Macquarie's report also said that an anticipated update on Future of Financial Advice legislation would be an "important factor" in WHK decision on SGF Australia's maintainable earning and thus relative value. ...

SFG mulls merger with WHK

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... said. On Friday last week SFG Australia announced that it had entered into a binding agreement for accounting and financial advice group Lachlan Partners to become part of the company. SFG will pay a combination of cash-and-script totaling $32.2 million ...

AFA mulls fresh approach to FOFA code of conduct

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is still looking for a practical approach to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) Code of Conduct requirement, AFA newly appointed CEO Brad Fox said. "The first opt-in obligation does not kick in until July ...

Rubik acquires Provisio

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... software providers in the market as we believe this will be a growing area given the changes accompanying Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms," said Rubik chairman Craig Coleman. "In acquiring Provisio, we will expand our overall advice offering ...

No fuss transition to 'no frills' super: Sunsuper

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... need more inquiries into superannuation and more uncertainty as the coalition proposes, because the Future of Financial Advice measures and MySuper reforms are the right long term settings for the future."

Adviser firm Collins SBA joins Godfrey Pembroke

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
Tasmania-based financial advice and accounting firm, Collins SBA is the first firm to join the Godfrey Pembroke network this year, and the ninth to do so in the last 12 months. "2012 was a year of growth for Godfrey Pembroke with a number of quality ...

ASIC court order against Sydney adviser

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... diminishing certain assets, except in limited circumstances, ASIC announced today. Nakhl's company SydFA provides financial advice and, according to ASIC, he would have advised some clients to give or loan him money so he could invest it and pay them ...