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QSuper bulks senior investment team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... fund's financial risk, cash, and foreign exchange exposures. Chang is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and has served on the Institute's committees for the UK and Swiss chapters. These appointments follow the granting of a RSE ...

Timbercorp investors get $50k aid

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
... what their options are "We're trying to get the best outcome for them," said Evans. PIS has also appointed forensic accountants and an insolvency expert to advise the dealer group on Timbercorp's liquidation proceedings. More recently, the group hired ...

AFA renews call to restrict 'financial adviser' term

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
... that help." This week, financial advisers were on the news pages of mainstream press following a story on a couple of accountants who received notices from ASIC delivered to their doors. This was reported earlier as an ASIC raid on two financial plan ...

When ASIC knocks, answer immediately

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
You've been served. Recent reports about corporate watchdog ASIC paying a personal visit to two accountants (mistakenly reported in the media as financial planners) to hand them notices illustrate the far-reaching powers of the regulator, says an industry ...

Charter needs legislative backing: ISN

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
... Garry Weaven, chair at Industry Funds Management, said there must be a legal requirement for financial planners and accountants to act in the best interests of clients. "This is a great milestone in the campaign of the Industry Super Network and others ...

CHOICE wants commissions banned

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... the way," she said. Instead, CHOICE is recommending fixed fee for service in the same way that doctors, lawyers and accountants charge for their service. "We just want honest fees for honest advice," said Freeman. As part of the campaign, CHOICE is calling ...

PASL to tap alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
... Kessell, investment manager for PASL which oversees the combined investment strategies of AESuper, Recruitment Super and Accountants Super, says the fund is aiming to fine-tune its alternative investments - an asset class that has not traditionally been ...

Aviva targets SME market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... contingency planning, insurance and funding solutions for the SME market. Financial advisers are also assisted by a team of accountants and legal professionals to help them work SME clients. Russell Hannah, national distribution development manager at ...

What-if scenarios bring Budget blues

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... billions of dollars if CGT and dividend rules are changed. Yasser El-Ansary, tax counsel at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA), said that regardless of what the budget changes are going to be around tax, he hopes they "don't encroach ...

Praemium scales back ops

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... administers over $27 billion of assets as of March this year on behalf of major fund managers, financial planners, accountants and SMSFs.