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Count Financial launches its Accountants' Solution

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
Commonwealth Bank aligned deal group Count Financial (Count) has launched a solution for accountants wanting to provide self-managed superannuation (SMSF) advice following the removal of the accountants' licensing exemption. Count chief executive David ...

Labor hopes to disallow FoFA amendments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
The amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms may yet be blocked by the Senate, even though they will initially be pushed through as regulations rather than legislation, according to opposition spokesperson for superannuation and financial ...

FoFA changes to be tabled today

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
The government's amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) are due to be tabled in federal parliament today. It is not clear whether the government will introduce all or some of the amendments to parliament. Dante De Gori, general manager ...

Parliament passes more nuanced SMSF penalties

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
New laws have been passed giving the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) more varied powers to penalise self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) that fail to comply. Previously the ATO had limited options in dealing with non-compliant SMSF trustees, often ...

FOS model outdated, in need of major change

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
The current Financial Ombudsman Services (FOS) model is in need of major changes in order to meet industry and consumer expectations, an independent review found. The review conducted by Cameron Ralph Navigator (CRN) is the first independent review ...

CareSuper reshuffles board, appoints first female chair

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
The CareSuper Board has appointed member director Cate Wood as its first female chair and employer director David Michaelis has been appointed deputy chair. Outgoing chair Sandy Grant will continue as an employer director on the CareSuper Board. The ...

Westpac exec gets ASIC ban after preying on elderly's finances

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
ASIC has permanently banned David St Pierre, a former Westpac bank home finance manager from engaging in credit activities and providing financial services after encouraging vulnerable clients to borrow against their homes for investments. St Pierre ...

Tax advisers in need of additional PI insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) said advisers who provide tax advice need to extend their professional indemnity (PI) insurance coverage to meet the organisation's minimum requirements. The TPB outlined the proposal in Exposure Draft Explanatory Paper ...

Maybe slowing, definitely distorted, more likely rebalancing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
Ayy-yay-yay-yay-yay! Here we go again. Weak economic reports out of China have again put a question mark about its economy and by extension, the economy of the world. Oh sowee Virginia, I stand corrected... it wasn't a question mark, China's headed ...

market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
Mining companies have dragged the sharemarket lower after weak Chinese trade data lead to a fall in commodity prices. Chinese import and export figures released on Saturday showed an unexpected trade deficit of $US22.98 billion ($A25.37 billion), vastly ...