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APRA tells banks to prepare for financial storm clouds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
... plans to ride out a severe storm, if one does hit," he said. Byres' focus on contingency planning comes after major accounting firm Deloitte released survey data which shows 90% of crisis management leaders are confident of their capability to respond ...

Industry expert joins SMSFA board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
... in Ireland, the UK and the Middle East before moving to Australia in 2001. Shorte has worked in banking, insurance, accounting and financial planning before establishing his own business in 2006. He frequently writes about SMSFs in simple and comprehensive ...

Advisory and wealth firm appoints chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... boss as its new chief executive. Tony Sacre led the Sydney Stock Exchange for two years before joining the mid-tier accounting and advisory firm. Sacre succeeds Mark Chapman, who led the Bentley network for about five years, helping double the membership ...

AFA seeks overhaul of proposed education standards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... definition of related degrees to include any undergraduate or postgraduate degree that includes at least six subjects in accounting, finance, financial planning, economics, law or tax. The AFA also believes mathematics, actuarial studies and psychology ...

Prime Financial boosts wealth focus

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
Prime Financial Group is ramping up its wealth management focus and stepping away from minority interests in accounting firms. The ASX-listed firm said this is part of a strategy to increase its exposure in wealth management by concentrating on its ...

Wealth firms merge for growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
... strategic merger, with all MSI Ragg Weir employees offered roles within the newly merged Morrows; a family office, accounting, wealth creation, legal and superannuation specialist. Morrows will now house an experienced auditing division while MSI Ragg ...

FASEA yet to determine bridging courses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
... completing a one-unit bridging course covering the new Code of Ethics will be required. With the related fields comprising accounting, financial planning or advice, law and economics degrees FASEA said all advisers with these degrees will be eligible ...

Sequoia sells direct equities business

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... growth," Crole said. Earlier in the year, Sequoia completed its acquisition of Melbourne-based financial planning and accounting services firm InterPrac and online trading platform Morrison Securities. In December 2017, Sequoia announced a number of ...

Multi-disciplinary industry trend continues: CBA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
About half of all accounting firms are considering a move into financial planning. According to Commonwealth Bank, 43% of Australia's accounting firms are planning to add or grow their wealth management and financial planning capabilities in the ...

Class streamlines investment solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
... chief executive said Kevin Bungard said the new solution delivers a unique combination of Class' portfolio and accounting reporting solutions for all entity types, with Simply Wall St's innovative global portfolio visualisation capabilities. ...