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Accountants replaced by Cloud technology

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
Almost two thirds of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) would consider replacing roles currently performed by their accountant with a cloud-based accounting system, according to a new national research study by accounting service provider CCH. ...

SPAA approves government's response to Trio reports

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
The self-managed super funds Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has come out in support of the government's response to the parliamentary inquiry into the collapse of Trio Capital, and the report into compensation arrangements for consumers ...

Count eyes accounting firms

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
Count Financial (Count) sees great opportunity for accountants to provide financial advice, and is training 11 accounting firms to become autorised representatives of Count. On July 1, 2013, accountants will be able to provide advice under new conditional ...

ASIC MDA review requires further clarity: IMAP

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
The Institute of Managed Account Professionals (IMAP) have maintained that the regulator's insistence on an annual review for managed discretionary account operators (MDAs) is excessive, and will push for a two-year requirement. In its submission to ...

Rainmaker Group appoints Professional Standards Officer

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
Financial advice expert Trevor Harris joins the Technical Services team of Rainmaker Group this month in the newly-created role of Professional Standards Officer. In his new role, Harris will be responsible for the implementation and monitoring of the ...

Countplus makes expansion plans

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
Countplus has foreshadowed the listing of a new accounting-only vehicle on the ASX. According to an ASX statement Countplus had "previously advised that it would generally only directly purchase stand-alone accounting firms on a part-ownership basis". ...

ASIC winds up 3 fraudulent QLD financial services companies

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
The Supreme Court of Queensland has ordered three financial services companies to be wound up after they defrauded approximately $1 million between May and October 2012. An Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation discovered ...

Patience with underperforming managers urged: NAB

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... that, just like stocks, a fall in the value of a managed fund usually signals a buying opportunity. "Not everything goes to plan 100% of the time for any investor, including professional fund managers. So we need to know whether the weakness was a result ...

MFAA to train advisers on direct property for SMSF

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
The Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia (MFAA) has announced that it will train credit advisers on the opportunities that direct property investments may offer self- managed super funds (SMSF). The MFAA estimated that direct property investment ...

Fair Finance Australia pays infringement notice penalty

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued an infringement notice to Foresters Community Finance, which trades as Fair Finance Australia for false or misleading advertising. Fair Finance paid a $6,600 penalty on 22 March ...