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Return to surplus may hit big business

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... softer sectors of the economy, according to Yasser El-Ansary, general manager, policy at the Institute of Chartered Accountants. "We have a strong economy, but a strong economy that's still fragile because the strength comes on the back of the resources ...

SFG makes Victorian acquisition

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... agreements to purchase the businesses of Life Financial Services, a financial advice firm and related entity Spencers Accountants, both of which are based in Victoria. The advisers, accountants and support staff of the two firms will become employees ...

CPA responds to advice exemption

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
CPA Australia has called on the government to extend an exemption for accountants in line with that granted to financial advisers yesterday. The decision, announced by Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury, extends financial advisers' current exemption ...

SuperMate updates online SMSF

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... service. "The ability to provide paperless and automated SMSF data direct from client folders to the ATO will save accountants and administrators up to 50% of their usual BAS processing time," said Mendelovits. Supercorp's SMSF administration software ...

Estate planning specialist joins Equity Trustees

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... and trusts. Hacker joins Equity Trustees (EQT) from Moores Legal where her role included providing legal advice to accountants, financial planners and clients about estate planning. Wraith said that the position was created to enhance the estate planning ...

Professional Associations Super targets investment risk

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... risk exposures into the decision-making process," he said. Professional Associations Super includes RecruitmentSuper, Accountants Super and Australian Enterprise Super. Kessell added that while the macroeconomic environment is unstable, the goal of the ...

CBA, NAB joins Class Super

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... data feeds will allow the banks to access fully automated, cloud-based, data feeds which permit SMSF administrators, accountants and adviser groups to access accounts data from financial institutions in real time and at no extra cost. "Fully automated ...

Online historic cash reporting drives SMSF efficiency

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... from stakeholders, the historic CMA statements are secured within the bank's online portal for access by advisers, accountants, trustees and fund administrators. "This is a simple solution that can make a big difference to the time taken to prepare SMSF ...

Mason Stevens buys 2020 Funds Management

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... the ability to track portfolio performance. "We continue to have lots of conversations with planners about managed accountants and how they can change their offering to their clients as we move into a new FOFA world." Bignill said planners will start ...

Securitor launches accountant SMSF solution

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
BT dealer group Securitor has launched a new solution for accountants who provide SMSF advice and would need to transition the business under the proposed framework for the removal of accountants' exemption. The Federal Government announced in 2010 ...