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Australia and New Zealand accountants launch joint brand

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand has been launched as a joint brand that brings together the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (ICAA) and the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA). The merger between the two ...

PwC partner to join NAB board

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
A PricewaterhouseCoopers partner will retire in July and join the National Australia Bank (NAB) as a non-executive director of the board. NAB chairman Michael Chaney confirmed that PwC partner David Armstrong's role as board director will start on August ...

Murray shuns FoFA commissions' debate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
Financial System Inquiry (FSI) chairman David Murray has avoided weighing in on the debate about the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) amendments and the possibility that they could bring back commissions in advice. Speaking at the Institute of Chartered ...

ICAC grills Sinodinos on $20 million inducement

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
Former assistant treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has said it "never occurred" to him to disclose to New South Wales Premier Barry O'Farrell that he stood to earn a $10 to $20 million commission if Australian Water Holdings (AWH) won its bid to participate ...

Sinodinos says six figure AWH salary was 'reasonable'

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
Former assistant treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has said he found it "reasonable" he was paid a salary of $200,000 per year as chairman of Australian Water Holdings (AWH), a role that involved between 25 and 44 hours of work every year. Sinodinos, was on ...

ICAA questions AFSL system, calls for individual licensing

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
The Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (ICAA) has said that the current practice of individual financial advisers operating under the Australian Financial Services Licences (AFSLs) of institutions could result in a decline of competition and ...

Industry pushes for more consumer protection under FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
The financial services industry has welcomed the Finance Minister Mathias Cormann's decision to temporarily freeze the amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation, which some stakeholders believe will lead to increased consumer protection. ...

Cormann freezes FoFA amendments

MARK SMITH, ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann will temporarily pause its plans to push the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms through parliament. Cormann spoke to a number of media outlets and said that he wanted to consult key stakeholders including the ...

Cormann to take over Sinodinos' duties

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
Former Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos' portfolio will now fall under the Ministry of Finance, headed by Mathias Cormann. Prime Minister Tony Abbott confirmed yesterday during a parliamentary session that the financial services industry will be ...

Assistant Treasurer Sinodinos to stand aside amid ICAC inquiry

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has announced that he will stand down from the front bench during theA hearingsA of Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) inquiry into Australia Water Holdings (AWH). Sinodinos is due to be witness at ...