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Hood Sweeney merges with Shearer + Elliss

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
Professional services and advice firm Hood Sweeney has merged with accounting firm Shearer + Elliss. As a result of the merger - effective from December 20 - total staff numbers at Hood Sweeney will increase to 110. The Hood Sweeney name will be retained ...

Parliament to address large financial services agenda

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
The 44th Parliament, which began its first sitting today, is set to address a number of relevant issues affecting the financial services industry. Treasury expects that the Parliament will announce the terms of reference and the panel members for the ...

AIOFP members to undertake compliance review

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
Members of the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP) will be undertaking compliance reviews under a new partnership with two service providers. Argyle and My Dealer Services will be providing the AFSL review service to over ...

Industry leaders urge Abbott to keep super rebate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
Super fund trustees and senior industry executives have urged the government to go ahead with the low-income superannuation contribution (LISC) in an open letter to the Prime Minister. Signatories include well-known super fund bosses such as HOSTPLUS's ...

Sunsuper names new CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
Sunsuper has named former National Australia Bank (NAB) executive Scott Hartley as its new chief executive. Hartley takes over the top job at the $25 billion industry fund from previous chief executive Tony Lally. Hartley's most recent role was as executive ...

Costs of new SMSF regulation expected to be "minimal"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) expects that the industry will implement the new self-managed super funds (SMSF) proposals "with minimal cost and disruption." During the consultation process for CP216 'Advice on self-managed ...

CBA accepts DEXUS' property fund takeover bid

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... forward, with Commonwealth Bank of Australia agreeing to the terms of DEXUS' proposal. DEXUS, in partnership with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), bid to take on all issued units in CPA through an informal trust scheme, in a deal worth $3.7 ...

Advice insto ownership steps up post GFC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
One-quarter of financial advisers are in licensees that have changed ownership since the GFC and 80% of affected advisers have gone into advice groups owned by the big six bancassurance groups, reveals the 2013 Rainmaker Financial Planning Report. "The ...

Internet chosen ahead of professionals for advice

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013

Super funds sluggish on technology

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
Industry and corporate super funds have been slow off the mark in developing their technological capabilities in engaging with members, according to a study by Towers Watson. The survey found that small to medium sized funds have been particularly sluggish ...