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Ex-Westpac exec joins Rubik

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
... member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Governance Institute of Australia, and a fellow of CPA Australia and the Financial Services Institute of Australasisa (FINSIA). He holds an MBA from Macquarie University and a bachelor of ...

CPA granted AFSL

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
ASIC has granted CPA Australia an Australian Financial Services licence (AFSL) and an Australian Credit Licence (ACL) for its wholly owned subsidiary, CPA Australia Advice. The granting of the licences is an important step in the establishment of the ...

Super funds encouraged to collect indigenous data

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... some areas is increasing. The chief executive explained that the gap between indigenous and mainstream education across Australia was closing, and has been since about 2005, but financial indicators have been a letdown. "The gap for unemployment is rising ...

Chartered accountants' response 'clumsy'

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants was unused to competition and made a "clumsy response" to new rival CPA Australia, a court has heard. In the High Court at Wellington on Tuesday, Bruce Gray QC defended NZICA's marketing campaign and speeches ...

CPA sets up independent advice license

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
CPA Australia has set up CPA Australia Advice, an independent financial planning licensee that aims to become "a new benchmark for professional and ethical conduct." The business is expected to be fully operational in 2016 and is owned by the accounting ...

ASIC stands up for adviser national exam

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... recent high-profile cases of advisers mis-selling financial products, this is sadly no surprise." In September, CPA Australia and Chartered Accountants ANZ alerted that a national examination for financial advisers would fail to address the current deficiencies. ...

Forget about national advice exam, focus on training: CPA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
A national examination for financial advisers would fail to address 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 ...

ASIC concerned about SMSFs, warns spruikers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... they are appropriately licensed to provide the advice," ASIC commissioner Greg Tanzer said during a speech at a CPA Australia conference. Tanzer argued that "with the increased popularity of SMSFs and property investment, real estate agents and property ...

What happened to the ISA-FSC accord?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... over the make-up of the Fair Work Commission's expert panel on superannuation. Apart from one jointly penned response to a CPA report in August, relations between the two bodies appear to have only gone from bad to worse. What, then, became of the 'accord'? ...

MetLife Australia names new CFO

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... direct insurance partners, " MetLife Australia chief executive Damien Green said. Watt is a fellow of the Australian Society of CPA and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is a graduate of the University of Technology, Sydney ...