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Amish community scammed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... with the Securities and Exchange Commission now bringing charges. The SEC's complaint alleges Philip Riehl provided accounting services to Amish and Mennonite communities and developed his own investment scheme; pooling money raised selling promissory ...

Wealth manager promotes from within

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
The Adelaide-based arm of an accounting and advisory firm has promoted a long-term staff member to managing principal. Ben Brazier will take over the reins as managing principal at Pitcher Partners Adelaide for 2020, after 23 years with the firm, 17 ...

The growing risk to financial advisers

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... to repair the trust deficit or risk being superseded by superannuation funds. That's according to advisory and accounting firm HLB Mann Judd's Michael Hutton, who warned of the threat the changes could have to financial advisers. The prediction ...

DIY SMSF platform launched

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... developed by accountant and SMSF trustee Jeff Bain who said the application was designed to save trustees money on accounting fees. "It makes no sense for people running a super fund to pay an accountant - sometimes well over a $1000 - for basic transaction ...

Sophistication: More than money

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... definition prescribed by Corporations Regulations 2001. However, in FASEA's guidance accompanying its Code of Ethics, accounting certificates declaring a person to be a wholesale investor because of assets alone were brought into question. Stephen Glenfield ...

18 misconceptions about FASEA code

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... the standards within the code do not exceed the ethical standards expected of professions such as law, medicine and accounting. Patterson's 18 misconceptions are: FASEA's guidance involves legislating beyond its authority: "FASEA are merely applying ...

Greater potential for smart beta: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... International equities are the largest asset class with $23.7 billion, or 42%, of the market, and Australian equities accounting for $20.3 billion, or 36%. Fixed interest holds 12% of the market, at $6.8 billion, and cash with $2.5 billion.

Former Goldman Sachs exec charged over $62m bribery

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
... and enrich himself." Leissner consented to the SEC's order finding that he violated the anti-bribery, internal accounting controls, and books and records provisions of the federal securities laws and agreed to be permanently barred from the securities ...

CBA underpayments reach $53 million

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... leave and other entitlements," the bank said. "The review has been comprehensive. It included over 10 million payslips, accounting for over one billion hours worked by approximately 250,000 current and former employees." "While a focus of the review ...

Stanford Brown acquires Sydney advice firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... comment on size of the acquired client book and details of the sale. In October, Hoyle said the firm is looking to add accounting as it sees a greater demand from HNW clients to get their accounting and advice needs met by the same providers. This morning ...