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Super funds back trustee pay disclosure

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009

... up with their evolving duties. On the plus side, Cooper's preliminary report may have rejected AGM-style reporting, as the ICAA advocated, but Noonan and Proebstl both said their funds are looking into running AGMs for fund members except they will be ...

Trustee board shake-up overdue

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009

... disclosure on its reports regarding board pay. Pauline Vamos, chief executive at superannuation body ASFA, said that like ICAA, the association has long advocated that super funds look further afield when appointing boards. However, she said that the ...

What-if scenarios bring Budget blues

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009

... CGT and dividend rules are changed. Yasser El-Ansary, tax counsel at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA), said that regardless of what the budget changes are going to be around tax, he hopes they "don't encroach on the territory ...

Product-based fees create conflict

... remuneration models exist, according to discussion papers released by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA). The Institute has used an industry forum of wealth professionals, product manufacturers, regulators and dealer groups back ...

Members need help comparing funds: Newspoll

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007

... compare their funds, according to a Newspoll survey commissioned by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA). The good news is the survey also revealed 83 per cent are now using their super fund's annual statement or annual report to ...

Industry cheers red tape cuts

... $15,000, a move welcomed by the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA). According to the proposed laws, financial planners will only need to provide a Record of Advice (RoA) as opposed to a ...

Use SG to pay HECS and let funds borrow: ICAA

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2006

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) has gotten on the front foot and already lodged its pre-budget submission with the Federal Government asking for some radical policy shifts that include allowing members to use their Superannuation ...

FinLit website goes live

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2006

... also directs consumers to a range of seminars around Australia offered by groups including ANZ, the ASX, Centrelink, the ICAA, IFSA, Mercer, the Salvation Army, the Smith Family, the Satisfac Credit Union, the Queensland Teachers Credit Union, and We ...

30 million super accounts and climbing

ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 21 APR 2006

... multiple accounts. The latest APRA statistics follow a recent survey by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia (ICAA) that found multiple accounts are a real problem for consumers. Based on the APRA figures, however, it seems the even ICAA ...

1 in 4 Australians have more than one super fund: ICAA

... found that 27 per cent of Australian adults hold multiple super funds. The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) surveyed 1,200 Australians last month seeking to discover the real impact of the super choice legislation and whether people ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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