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US wealth manager acquires three Aussie firms

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... separate from the new Connectus Wealth Advisers network. Brady & Associates is a private client wealth management and accounting advisory practice headquartered in Sydney. "We are very pleased to have joined Connectus," Brady & Associates founder and ...

Pension funds unite for ESG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... comprehensive reporting of environmental, social and governance (ESG) information, aligned with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board standards and the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures framework. Greater transparency would ...

Serious financial crime drops significantly

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... fraud jumped from 6% to 14%, and a new category of 'COVID-19 stimulus fraud and profiteering' was added to the list, accounting for 3% of the group's operations. In early 2019, Fintel Alliance established a scams working group to share information on ...

Advice for all could add $630bn to economy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... consequently, the economy. CPA Australia and CoreData modelled the macro-economic impact of making professional advice - accounting, taxation, financial, superannuation, business, and mortgage broking advice - available to the entire population. The ...

Count Financial targets growth with new hire

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
The ASX-listed advice and accounting group subsidiary has appointed a former NAB/MLC manager as its practice development and growth manager for Queensland. Stephen Carlton joins from NAB/MLC where he was business growth manager for Queensland and the ...

Chief economist update: It's looking up for the land down under

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... the latest from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS): "Iron ore exports reached a record high of $10.9 billion, accounting for 36% of Australia's total exports... Total exports increased by $1.8 billion, or 6%, to $30.5 billion in October 2020. ...

World largest asset owners increase ESG, AUM

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... management, looking after 36.1% of all assets, while pension funds remain the single biggest group of asset owners accounting for over 60% of assets, followed by sovereign wealth funds at 32% and outsourced chief investment officers (OCIOs) and master ...

CountPlus to continue acquisition spree

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
The ASX-listed advice and accounting group has confirmed it will continue to carry out its extensive growth strategy with further "tuck-in" acquisitions. Speaking at the company's annual general meeting, CountPlus chair Ray Kellerman said the "considerable ...

Audit inquiry overlooks vertical integration

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... inquiry into the quality of audits has fallen short of recommending the breakup of the largest four vertically integrated accounting firms in a bid to combat conflicts of interest. The Regulation of Auditing in Australia: Final Report, tabled in Parliament ...

SASB appoints Australian advisor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... first senior advisor for Australia following increased interest from local institutional investors. The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) has appointed Terence Jeyaretnam to the role, on a volunteer basis, to work with the increasing number ...