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Advisers lose lead in SMSF establishments: Panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
... and apps like Copilot to learn more about their super and investments. Natalia Clack, the founder of SMSF audit and accounting firm Easy Super, said while people do get information from ChatGPT and so forth, they do obtain it from reputable sources. ...

Frontier hires senior consultant from JANA

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... alternative assets. Before his five years with JANA, Langham worked at Ernst & Young as an assistant manager in general accounting and insurance advisory in the Cape Town and Melbourne offices. His move to Frontier breaks new ground. It is the first ...

NSW government to turn deficit into surplus of over $1bn in FY28: TCorp

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2026
... been a net increase of $1.4 billion in expenditure - totalling $129.0 billion in FY26 - with employee expenses now accounting for $50.8 billion (or 39.4%), an increase of $1 billion since the June update. "A fiscal strategy delivered over the long term ...

Global pension assets near $90tn: Research

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... strong investor sentiment but was also influenced by volatility. The US remained the largest single pensions market, accounting for 66% of the total, and grew by 7.7% per annum over the past decade. South Korea, Switzerland, and Hong Kong all grew by ...

Government to ask super funds to invest in defence infrastructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... recommendations made in total, covering everything from legislative amendments and divestment to the adoption of more stringent accounting processes and consolidation. Among the recommendations, and one that has now been endorsed by the government, is ...

AZ NGA names chief operating officer

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2026
... systems and infrastructure to support company growth. He will also oversee the delivery of AZ NGA's proposition to accounting and advisory firms, reporting to group chief executive Paul Barrett. The appointment will advance the firm's ambitions of building ...

ASIC acts against 28 SMSF auditors

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2026
... said. Since 2020, auditors are explicitly prohibited from auditing SMSF financial statements where their firm provides accounting services, unless the services are "routine or mechanical". However, a 2025 review by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) ...

US-backed firm invests in Brisbane advice group

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2026
... will advance the firm's ambitions of playing an active role in the consolidation of Australia's wealth management, accounting and lending sectors, it said. The deal will see Merchant Wealth Partners take a non-controlling stake that provides Infinity ...

Integro announces first east coast hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... approach needed to support the next phase of our growth." Gilmore further said the firm is seeing more clients from accounting firms who need to incorporate wealth management into their personal finances. And he expects this trend to continue again ...

AWAG partners to form $240m wealth business, names principal

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
... for more than 12 years. "This is the second transaction of its kind completed by AWAG, whereby AWAG partners with an accounting practice to develop wealth management services leveraging the practice's existing client base or alternatively acquires an ...