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CPA sets up independent advice license

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
CPA Australia has set up CPA Australia Advice, an independent financial planning licensee that aims to become "a new benchmark for professional and ethical conduct." The business is expected to be fully operational in 2016 and is owned by the accounting ...

ASIC stands up for adviser national exam

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... And, with recent high-profile cases of advisers mis-selling financial products, this is sadly no surprise." In September, CPA Australia and Chartered Accountants ANZ alerted that a national examination for financial advisers would fail to address the ...

Forget about national advice exam, focus on training: CPA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
A national examination for financial advisers would fail to address the current deficiencies and, instead, CPA Australia and Chartered Accountants ANZ say the focus should be on adviser training and establishing a comprehensive curriculum. A single ...

ASIC concerned about SMSFs, warns spruikers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... must ensure they are appropriately licensed to provide the advice," ASIC commissioner Greg Tanzer said during a speech at a CPA Australia conference. Tanzer argued that "with the increased popularity of SMSFs and property investment, real estate agents ...

What happened to the ISA-FSC accord?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... over the make-up of the Fair Work Commission's expert panel on superannuation. Apart from one jointly penned response to a CPA report in August, relations between the two bodies appear to have only gone from bad to worse. What, then, became of the 'accord'? ...

MetLife Australia names new CFO

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... direct insurance partners, " MetLife Australia chief executive Damien Green said. Watt is a fellow of the Australian Society of CPA and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is a graduate of the University of Technology, Sydney ...

GPT Group bows out of CPA bidding war

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
... group and partner Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) in the battle to buy the Commonwealth Property Office Fund (CPA). GPT Group, which owns 11.72% of CPA, said in an announcement on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) that it would not ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... $34.26. Property group GPT was flat at $3.68 after making a $3 billion counter bid for Commonwealth Property Office Fund (CPA) five weeks after rival Dexus and a Canadian pension fund proposed a buy-out. Engineering group Leighton Holdings lost 17 cents ...

CBA accepts DEXUS' property fund takeover bid

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
DEXUS Property Group's bid to take over Commonwealth Property Office Fund (CPA) has taken step forward, with Commonwealth Bank of Australia agreeing to the terms of DEXUS' proposal. DEXUS, in partnership with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) ...

DEXUS, Canada bid for Commonwealth Prop Fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) have joined forces in a bid to take over Commonwealth Property Office Fund (CPA). DEXUS announced today that the consortium had made an indicative, non-binding proposal to Commonwealth Managed Investments ...