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Multiport buys AR Group stake

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... whereas Multiport concentrates on assisting financial advisers. "Multiport will now have a better service offer for accountants and a better solution for advisers who are partnering with accountants." AR Group administers over 700 SMSFs and also provides ...

More HNW investors happy with planners during crisis

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... want more advice across a range of investment areas. "What you traditionally tend to see is that relationships with accountants and banks form very early in someone's [accumulation for wealth] and the influence of financial planners becomes stronger ...

AR Group appoints CLS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... said the firm was appointed as AR's marketing, promotion and distribution partner. AR's clients includes advisers and accountants who provide SMSF services to clients. The group offers a 'one-stop-shop' SMSF service to their clients without the need ...

Govt consults on advice reforms

GOVERNMENT RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... has begun consulting the financial planning industry on the Future of Financial Advice reforms - particularly on the accountants exemption and how advisers are charged. The Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law, Chris Bowen ...

Class Super accelerates member reports

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
Self managed super fund (SMSF) administrators, accountants and trustees will be able to automate fund member reports after Class Financial Systems upgraded its technology. Richard Barber, chief executive at Class Financial, said many groups managing ...

Accounting bodies launch SMSF learning tool

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
CPA Australia has teamed up with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and the National Institute of Accountants to develop a free online training tool for SMSF trustees. The tool, Self Managed Superannuation Fund Trustee Education Program ...

New credit ratings agency in town

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
... engaged by almost 200 separate Government entities Australia-wide. Its ratings division employs specialist chartered accountants as analysts and advisers.

MPW appoints state managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... Relationship Banking, where he led a national team, which specialised in providing banking services to the planners and accountants. He brings 17 years of experience in banking and financial services to the role. Melville has in-depth knowledge of financial ...

Limited advice from accountants face hurdles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... D'Aloisio, chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), said SPAA's proposal advocating for accountants to be able to provide limited structural advice on superannuation could be impractical. Speaking yesterday at the Self Managed ...

Planners sidelined for self-investing strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... people we are talking to are putting the blame of underperformance firmly in the advisers, be they fund managers or accountants or brokers," said Alan Shields, research director for Retail Finance Intelligence on the survey results. Advisers commissions ...