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Royal Commission sparks risk book sell-off

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
... acquisitions to $1 million. Radar Results, which specialises in mergers and acquisitions of financial planning and accounting businesses, is currently working with 94 individual practices that are looking to sell their business. In terms of supply and ...

Responsible investing rises on advice agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... rankings reflect the strength of a fund managers' brand profile relative to its peers within 10 key attributes, accounting for metrics such as perceived expertise across six asset classes and cut through via six communication channels. The leading ...

APRA takes action against IOOF

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... organisational structure, governance and conflicts management frameworks. It also noted an independent report issued by big-four accounting firm EY which provided a "reasonable basis" to conclude IIML had breached section 52 of the SIS Act and prudential ...

Industry fund hires group executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... newly-created teams inside Rest. The corporate services team will work on several areas: financial strategy and management; accounting services; company secretariat and legal; audit and risk management; and compliance. Kyle most recently worked on MLC ...

Why indexing is big business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... on the value of the investment product's assets. Asset-based fees make up a significant portion of its revenues, accounting for 21.7% for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2017. BlackRock, MSCI said, accounted for 11.5% of total revenues making it ...

FASEA listens as advice industry combs blueprint

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... with eight subjects from a short list of related fields," AFA chief executive Phil Kewin said. These fields include accounting, taxation law, finance law, finance, business law, investment, estate law, banking and economics. "This is much more in alignment ...

CountPlus acquires interest in integrated wealth firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
CountPlus acquired 40% of a Victoria-based accounting and financial advice firm, marking its first investment under its new business model. Taking a stake in O'Brien Accountants and Advisors, CountPlus made the first of an expected sweep of selective ...

Pension lessons from around the world

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... introduction of NEST has made the biggest impact on those earning between £20,000 and £30,000, with the cohort now accounting for 63% of pension participation in the UK - an increase of 43% since 2012. The median income of a NEST member is about £18,000 ...

Gender diversity in advice dormant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... Financial Planning (31%). Smaller, non-aligned or employee-owned licensees appear to have far higher ratios of women, accounting for 38% of total advisers. Overall, the licensees with the most women advisers are AMP, SMSF Advisers Network, Commonwealth ...

Advice firm hires for increasing regulatory environment

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
A prominent financial advice and accounting firm is welcoming a director of financial reporting to assist in the management of an increasing regulatory environment. HLB Mann Judd has hired Michelle Warren in the newly created role. Warren will oversee ...