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ASIC moves on insider trading

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
Insider trading and market manipulation charges are on the rise, according to ASIC, which gets 200 trade surveillance alerts indicating unusual trading activity each day. Deputy chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Belinda ...

AMP elevates insurance for mining industry

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... completed by a person's financial adviser will replace the need for a financial questionnaire signed by the person's accountant," said Rogers. AMP's SuperLink has been renamed FlexiLink and a new tool, PremierLink, is being introduced. Rogers said the ...

My Public Accountant goes live

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
... services in a move it expects will transform how public accountants connect with their local clients. The 'My Public Accountant' initiative will empower public accountants to operate with all the back-end support and resources of a franchise network ...

Gap increasing between consumers and cost of advice

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... say they are most likely to contact their super fund or a superfund representative rather than a financial planner or accountant is increasing fast," said the report.

Return to surplus may hit big business

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
Likely cuts in concessions to business and a rushed return to surplus risks damaging softer sectors of the economy, according to Yasser El-Ansary, general manager, policy at the Institute of Chartered Accountants. "We have a strong economy, but a strong ...

SFG makes Victorian acquisition

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
SFG Australia has entered into agreements to purchase the businesses of Life Financial Services, a financial advice firm and related entity Spencers Accountants, both of which are based in Victoria. The advisers, accountants and support staff of the ...

CPA responds to advice exemption

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
CPA Australia has called on the government to extend an exemption for accountants in line with that granted to financial advisers yesterday. The decision, announced by Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury, extends financial advisers' current exemption ...

SuperMate updates online SMSF

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
SuperMate has launched three updates to its online self managed super fund administration service. The updates include fully automated ASX corporate actions processing, overnight bank data download into SMFSs for 95% of bank transactions and direct ...

Estate planning specialist joins Equity Trustees

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
Equity Trustees has appointed Anna Hacker to the newly created role of senior manager - estate planning, reporting to Lachlan Wraith, head of personal estates and trusts. Hacker joins Equity Trustees (EQT) from Moores Legal where her role included providing ...

Professional Associations Super targets investment risk

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
Industry fund Professional Associations Super is building an enterprise-wide approach to managing investment risk in an effort to explore how risks should be mitigated or exploited. Focusing on exposure to primary risks such as sovereign default and ...