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Advisers scramble to gather ASIC register data

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
Financial advisers and dealer groups are in "a scramble to be ready" for the March 31 deadline to submit information to the public register of financial advisers, Veda head of wealth Mark Hoven said. Hoven told Financial Standard that advisers and licensees ...

Accounting businesses drag Countplus profit

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
Countplus profit was down 10.3% for the six months to December 2014, with results reflecting challenging conditions in the accounting and business service area, the company reported. Countplus net profit after tax was $6.08 million, down 10.3%. However ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open higher after a mixed night in overseas markets. At 0652 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up seven points at 5,885. The Dow Jones index was down 0.2 per cent going into the ...

SMSFs attract too much criticism

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) professionals must steel themselves against the criticism levelled at the sector, said AMP SMSF head of policy and technical Peter Burgess, who set out to dispel some of the charges made against SMSFs in a presentation ...

Government urged to leave super taxation alone

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
A shake-up of taxation within superannuation would undermine confidence in the country's retirement savings system, according to SMSF Association patron Sir Anthony Mason. Addressing delegates at the SMSF Association's National Conference in Melbourne ...

Decline in practice valuations bottoms out

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
Financial planning business valuations have levelled off following a 20% decline over the last five years, according to a report from business broking services provider Centurion Market Makers. The report also showed that transaction activity increased ...

Asset owners throwing money away in hidden fees

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
There are as many as 160 ways asset owners are likely to unnecessarily lose money to hidden costs. But the good news is they can be uncovered and eliminated. That's according to Novarca, a consultancy specialising in what it calls 'cost pattern analysis.' ...

Investors will need to be patient in 2015: PM Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
PM Capital chief investment officer Paul Moore believes equity markets are far from cheap and investors will need to be patient over the coming year and pounce on any price falls. "When we look out over the next 12 to 18 months for new opportunities ...

WAM Capital announces $100m share purchase plan

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
Listed investment company WAM Capital has announced a $100 million share purchase plan (SPP). The SPP will be offered to existing shareholders at the fixed price of $1.90 per share. Shareholders who participate in the offer will be entitled to the 7.0 ...

Australia according to Gov Glenn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
Thank you Australian Financial Review (AFR) and RBA Governor Glenn Stevens for your early Christmas present - the gift of sharing. In what has now become a "tradition," we learned from the AFR Gov Glenn's thoughts on: The international economy: "The ...