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Economic round-up: Manufacturing out run by fitness

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
... face 5.9 per cent. Furthermore, over the next five years we will likely be inundated with sales people, secretaries, accountants and fitness trainers, as DEWR believes more than half of all new jobs will be in these areas. The manufacturing focus puts ...

Regulation of private equity unlikely to change

... Council of Australia, the Australian Institute of Company Directors, the Takeover Panel, the National Institute of Accountants, Securities and Derivatives Industry Association and the Council of Financial Regulators. Cooper said: "On the whole submissions ...

Compliance pushes SMSFs in new direction

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
... director and specialist SMSF advisor at WalterTurnbull. "The more the ATO is going to look at things, possibly the more accountants will spend on the job, making sure that everything's right, and trying to educate trustees," she said. Andrea Slattery ...

Tax determination improves income protection

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2007
... because of unexpected financial difficulties. This will mitigate that problem." However, Murden said trustees and accountants should be mindful of updating trust deeds in order to provide the improved benefit. "Failing to do this may result in trustees ...

Industry funds and master trusts share top honours

CHRIS NICHOLLS AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
... ING, AMP and Colonial continued to dominate the Australian equities sector one year returns table while Mercer, AXA, Accountants Super and BT dominated in international equities. Importantly, while the average return for the Australian equities sector ...

Bluestone targets the smaller end of town

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2007
... line of lending products are available through existing channels, including mortgage brokers, financial planners and accountants.

Praemium adds Vic State manager

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2007
... years of accounting and financial services experience. He assumes responsibility for wholesale sales to Victorian accountants, financial planners and self-managed super fund administrators. Praemium now has a State manager in Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide ...

TOWER adds two to its board

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
... strength and experience. Lewinsky holds an MBA from the Melbourne University, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and is a senior fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia. He is a board member and chair of Redflex Holdings ...

Courts continue to unwind Westpoint mess

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
... Investments Commission (ASIC), the Federal Court ordered the winding up of Forestview Nominees, appointing chartered accountants and business reconstruction specialists PBB in Melbourne as liquidators. On Wednesday Federal Court Judge Justice French ...

Use SG to pay HECS and let funds borrow: ICAA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2006
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) has gotten on the front foot and already lodged its pre-budget submission with the Federal Government asking for some radical policy shifts that include allowing members to use their Superannuation ...