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Australians Googling for advice

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... to Allan Gray's commissioned research. Overall, financial advice articles in the news increased about 61% from 2019, accounting for 17,500 relevant mentions in Australian trade and other news publications. The research also lined up the articles that ...

RSE trustee board composition evolving

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... representation increased on RSE trustee boards increased in the period. At June 2020, there were 90 of them across Australia accounting for 10.7% of the 845 total directorships. Six years ago, this share stood at 5.2%. The average director was paid $57,796 ...

BlackRock reinforces commitment to ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... alignment with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), which covers a broader set of material sustainability factors," Fink said. "We are greatly ...

ESG professionals in huge demand

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... assignments coming from the industry. "There was plenty of opportunities for experienced investment operations and investment accounting professionals, with many candidates receiving multiple offers," Kaizen said. "One candidate had three clients competing ...

Bad year for super funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
Three in four superannuation funds reported negative net earnings last year, after accounting for all expenses and income. About 109 superannuation funds had a negative year, while only 33 had a positive year, according to APRA's fund-level data for ...

Macquarie IM the nation's largest manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
... year. Indexed investments surged above $500 billion after falling under this threshold in the previous two quarters. Accounting for foreign companies, State Street Global Advisors is the largest global fund manager in Australia with $174.9 billion in ...

Deutsche Bank fined for alleged bribery

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
... and finders to obtain and retain global business. The SEC order found that Deutsche Bank lacked sufficient internal accounting controls for payment of the intermediaries, resulting in approximately US $7 million in bribe payments or payments for unknown ...

ASIC slams auditors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... recent inquiry into the audit sector stopped short of breaking up vertical integration within providers of the big accounting and audit firms in a bid to combat conflicts of interest.

CountPlus firm completes tuck in acquisition

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020
The ASX-listed advice and accounting group has continued to carry out its extensive growth strategy with one of its member firms completing a tuck-in acquisition of a separate member firm. Perth-based member firm Bentleys WA Pty Ltd has finalised terms ...

Reporting rules for charities relaxed

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... will no longer have to produce reviewed financial statements, which Treasury says costs them about $2400 each year in accounting expenses; and about 2000 charities won't have to produce audited annual financial statements, which Treasury pegs at costing ...