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Cbus employees accused of perjury

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... done by it to ensure that these workers receive a strong and continuous injection of an independent Cbus culture through training, performance reviews, and substantive exposure to employer representatives and non-union members of Cbus so that they can ...

RG146 "insufficient" on tax education: IPA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... advisers providing tax advice should be required to have the same level of Australian tax knowledge as tax agents. "RG146 training of a financial adviser lacks the comprehensive education on Australian taxation law," the IPA said. "We are concerned that ...

One third of risk advisers non-compliant, ASIC says

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... of the report. "The FPA is focused on advice and we will review the ASIC report and suggested recommendation to review training and the proposed checklist. We are happy to work with other professional associations in the advice space to see how the advice ...

Business as usual for PIMCO Australia

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... global exposures. Aaditya Thakur is spending this month working from PIMCO's European offices as part of his ongoing training to prepare him for potential lead assignments here in Sydney, credit analyst Tracy Chin is responsible for covering the majority ...

Poor advice forces changes to SMSF practice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... The practice will also write to all clients who may have received poor advice, require advisers to undertake additional training, require advisers who provide SMSF advice to complete specialist SMSF training, employ additional compliance personnel and ...

Northstar joins Chan & Naylor joint venture partnership

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... capabilities and also allows it access to the larger company's marketing support, IT, human resources, regulatory support and training. Established over 15 years ago, Northstar provides a range of specialist taxation and accounting services, including ...

Advice associations under conflict of interest on professionalism: ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... professional associations to drive professionalism by setting their members higher levels and stringent competency and training requirements." SPAA suggested that "ASIC would approve professional associations that can regulate advisors under this framework ...

AustralianSuper to charge for over-the-phone advice

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... must be "incapable of even engaging in any occupation for which you are, or may become, reasonably suited by education, training or experience." It also changed the threshold of 'unemployed' from 12 months of no work, to six months. No one from AustralianSuper ...

AMP Horizons launches online masters with Griffith University

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... launch an online masters program with Griffith University, starting from November 2014. The program combines academic training and practical experience and offers candidates a pathway to gain a university qualification and employment opportunities across ...

Forget about national advice exam, focus on training: CPA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... the current deficiencies and, instead, CPA Australia and Chartered Accountants ANZ say the focus should be on adviser training and establishing a comprehensive curriculum. A single examination for all advisers would "shift the focus from ensuring a financial ...