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ASIC boosts support for regtech

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
ASIC is ramping its support for regulatory technology businesses or 'regtechs' in response to an overwhelming number of organisations expressing frustration over complex compliance burdens. The corporate watchdog recently announced the next phase of ...

Xero accelerates AI and machine learning

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... staff in three countries. He is also actively involved in the technology start-up scene and is an associate chartered accountant with experience in financial management, human resources, sales and marketing, and technology leadership. "I am excited to ...

Ignition Wealth secures BT Panorama deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
... collaboration between the people working to create an investor's wealth. It is possible to allow the investor, adviser and accountant authorised access to the investor's account to review their portfolio and transactions in real time. The digital adviser ...

Professional financial advice outpacing self-directed

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... while a larger portion (60%) are increasingly using professional advice in the form of a financial planner, broker, accountant and lawyer. The numbers come from an annual joint study by Deloitte Access Economics and the ASX. It showed respondents are ...

ATO pushes back SMSF returns deadline

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
The Australian Tax Office is extending its self-managed superannuation fund annual returns date for the 2015-16 reporting period to 30 June 2017. The superannuation reform, taking effect on July 1, is proving to be a "crucial transition" period for ...

Partnership empowers accountants to give advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
Self-managed superannuation fund software provider Class has partnered with an online financial adviser in a move that will give accountants the power to offer financial advice to clients without an AFSL. Accountants working with SMSF clients will indirectly ...

SMSFs hit hard by super reform

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... bring-forward contribution caps cut back under the new rules. There will be a lot of people "nervously discussing with their accountant or financial planner" how to best structure their super and other investments to mitigate the impact of the government's ...

AFA recruits for professionalism

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
A new appointment at the Association of Financial Advisers will help ready its membership for new professional requirements to be set by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority. Linda Vogel joined the association as general counsel, professionalism. ...

Fund manager appoints new COO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... on the role at Aurora - the fund manager Keybridge Capital sold off in June last year. Before EY, Norman was a group accountant at Epic Energy and a senior accountant at MGI, which is now PwC Private Clients. Aurora managing director John Patton said ...

Fintech apps disrupt advice model

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
Fintechs are deploying the next generation of financial planning applications and disrupting the traditional advice model, a new study has found. In response to advisers' demand for increased process efficiency and compliance automation, the latest ...