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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 ...

ASIC suspends practice licence

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
ASIC has suspended the licence of Australian Performance Financial Planning for three months for unknown reasons. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) suspended the Australian financial services licence of the Sydney-based planning ...

Budget tightening to hit IMR

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
Revenue constraints and an unwillingness to concede reductions in the tax base may impact the timing of the Investment Manager Regime. That was the inference made by Treasury official Rob Heferen at the Senate Standing Committee on Economics yesterday. ...

New St George and Westpac New Zealand CEOs appointed

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
Rob Chapman is stepping down as chief executive of the St George Banking Group to be replaced by Westpac New Zealand boss George Frazis, with senior Westpac executive Peter Clare taking over in New Zealand. Chapman has been at the helm of St George ...

Second exposure draft on IMR laws released

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
A revised draft of the Investment Manager Regime legislation has been released, following stakeholder feedback on the initial proposals designed to alleviate perceived tax disincentives on foreign managed funds investing in Australia. The Government ...

AFS launches mobile platform for advisers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
Independent dealer group Australian Financial Services has launched a mobile platform designed to work on a B2B and B2C level. Working globally on smartphones and tablets, the two components of the platform are 'Mi AFS,' the B2B version to connect advisers ...

ASIC continues Trio crackdown

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
The investigation into the collapse of failed fund manager Trio Capital continues, with the banning of another figure with ties to the firm. Tony Maher, who changed his name from Paul Gresham, has been permanently banned from working in the Australian ...

Accountant charged with 37 offences

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
Victorian accountant and LGH Holdings director, Mark Ronald Letten, is facing 37 charges including 21 counts of operating unregistered managed investment schemes and deception charges involving $1.4 million. Appearing before the Melbourne Magistrates' ...

Industry welcomes Shorten's promotion

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
The new Industrial Relations and Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten said he's delighted his new promotion to Cabinet. Yesterday's reshuffle by the Prime Minister sees Shorten elevated to a senior ministerial position for the first time, while ...

AFS acquires QLD planning practice

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
Australian Financial Services Group has added a new independent planning practice to its ranks, acquiring QLD-based practice Alps Network to expand the Group's presence in Queensland. Already integrated into the Australian Financial Services Group Limited ...