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The state of the banks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
The big accounting firms have released their analysis of the big banks' half year results, noting a continued decline in cash profits for the first half of 2019. The major Australian banks reported a combined cash profit after tax from continuing operations ...

Pendal profits plunge, advisers remain positive

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
... three years. "We are still receiving those services through Westpac. We will be looking for HR, custody, registry, accounting and custody providers," he told Financial Standard. He said Pendal has not started the process yet, but the market was well ...

Industry funds announce $26bn joint venture

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2019
... which this was possible," Fairley said. There was no external advisers like investment banks, apart from the big four accounting firms. The journey was smoothed by the overlap between the two super fund's key external vendors. Both use JANA as the ...

Westpac reveals Magnitude, Securitor adviser remediation

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2019
... "certain ongoing advice fees" charged. The group said it would make a $510 million pre-tax provision based on a range of accounting assumptions in relation to authorised representatives who operated under the Magnitude and Securitor advice licenses between ...

CountPlus acquires stake in advice firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... offloads its minority interest. CountPlus acquired a 20% interest in Rundles Financial Planning, as well as a 40% stake in accounting firm Rundles Prime. Total consideration for the Melbourne-based firms is a cash payment of $2.481 million. This brings ...

Compensation experts boost chief executive pay

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... additional services to the company, he said. The exception was the compensation consulting services rendered by the big four accounting firms. Other than the big four firms, ASX-listed companies tend to use the services of specialists like Egan Associates ...

Sargon named trustee for new super fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
... premiums through their accumulation super fund account. According to PPS Mutual,its younger members in the medical, legal, accounting and engineering fields have specifically requested the option to pay for their life insurance with their super. PPS ...

CBA owes staff $15 million

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019
... in workers being underpaid. Thousands of current and former employees of CBA and BankWest have been underpaid due to accounting and IT errors, the bank claims. FSU national secretary Julia Angrisano said: "Bank workers at CBA have been underpaid for ...

New role for former ClearView executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
... that joint venture models like ours are appealing," he said. "Crescere has about a dozen joint ventures running with accounting groups, which drove the need for a "seasoned" head of operations to steer that growth. "Andrew's role is to support our growth ...

Income only falls by 11% in retirement: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... that most Australian workers can expect a retirement income of at least 89% of their pre-retirement income even when accounting for inflation. This is a two percentage point revision to its earlier projections published in November. "This is well above ...