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Count posts positive results ahead of Diverger takeover

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
Count Limited (Count) increased its revenues by 6% over the six months to December 31, while increasing its statutory profits by 135%. The group's latest half-year results indicate its underlying EBITA is up by 9% to $5.436 million and statutory profits ...

DASS compensation drags AFCA, lead decision published

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024
Compensating Dixon Advisory and Superannuation Services (DASS) victims continues to eat up the Australian Financial Complaints Authority's (AFCA) time and resources, so much so that a "lead decision" has been published to expedite the process. The complaints ...

Superannuation fund returns underperformed SMSFs: Research

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
Investment returns for APRA-regulated superannuation funds lagged self-managed super funds (SMSFs) by 4.1% in the 2021-22 financial year, according to the University of Adelaide. During this period, while the S&P/ASX 200 index declined by more than ...

Conference to address major SMSF issues

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2024
Next week, self-managed super fund professionals can leverage what APRA-regulated funds are excelling in as well as learn about critical issues affecting the sector from a suite of experts, according to the SMSF Association (SMSFA). Heffron SMSF Solutions ...

Count drops $4.1m on SMSF services company

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024
Count Limited (Count) has acquired Solutions Centric, a company that provides offshore SMSF services out of India, with an aim to expand its services segment to support financial planning and accounting businesses. Count will acquire 51% of the business ...

Prime to acquire boutique fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024
Prime Financial Group is set to acquire a boutique alternatives asset manager and will pay up to $4.5 million. The ASX-listed firm entered into an agreement to buy Altor Capital which has a staff of seven based in Brisbane. Prime will pay an initial ...

SMSF scammers charged with criminal offences

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
A duo who allegedly defrauded self-managed super funds (SMSF) have been charged by the Melbourne Magistrates Court with a string of criminal offences. The charges follow an ASIC investigation into the activities of Joseph Cullia and Zoran Markovic ...

Unlicensed crypto investor faces jail time

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
A Queensland man has been charged with nine offences and is facing imprisonment for running a financial services business without a licence. The charges were filed after an investigation by ASIC, which discovered that Aryn Hala had made promises to ...

SMSFA prepares delegates for major super tax reform

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024
The SMSF Association is urging the wealth management sector to embrace learning opportunities at this year's National Conference, particularly as major reforms such as the $3 million superannuation tax changes loom. The SMSFA will host its flagship ...

Super fund satisfaction improves: Roy Morgan

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024
Members' satisfaction with their superannuation fund is improving, Roy Morgan data shows. Fresh findings from the research house saw super fund awarded a rating of 69.5% in November 2023, an increase of 0.9% from the last reported results in July 2023. ...