Digital disruption to hit accountants hard: GPS Wealth

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Digital disruption is transforming the accounting industry, scaling back the traditional “hackwork” done by practitioners and will ultimately drive an increasing number to get qualified and licensed to provide a... Read more continue reading

Focus on financial advice qualifications an overdue step; but beware, all degrees are not equal

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Australia’s largest privately-owned financial services training company has welcomed the Federal Government’s focus on enhanced academic qualifications but is concerned that exemptions for so-called ‘degree-equivalents’ potentially undermines the aim of... Read more continue reading

Finametrica wins award for Best Risk Profiling Solution at US Family Wealth Report 2016

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FinaMetrica has been crowned ‘Best Risk Profiling Solution’ at the 3rd Family Wealth Report Awards 2016. The independently owned Australian-based business says the award is a much appreciated confirmation that... Read more continue reading

Grow great people if you want to grow a great business

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It is terribly simplified of course, but if you want to grow a great business then you need to grow some great people at some point in the process.  If... Read more continue reading

Responsible managers

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Late last year, ASIC announced that it intends to apply more rigorous tests before granting AFS and credit licences. The sheer number of ASIC investigations each year – leading to... Read more continue reading

Conflicted remuneration

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Remuneration for life risk insurance is exempt from the ban on conflicted remuneration – but not for much longer.  An established link between high levels of upfront commissions and poor... Read more continue reading

Push to simplify financial statements is a bonus for businesses

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The global push to simplify financial statements is gathering momentum, and those preparing accounts should take the opportunity to conduct their own “decluttering” process, says Crowe Horwath’s Audit Technical Director... Read more continue reading

Financial advisers’ problem? Offering to do too much

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Despite a couple of decades of positioning, developing and improving technical knowledge and qualifications, many financial professionals are struggling to get enough clients to engage in holistic planning. We need... Read more continue reading

SuiteBox wins global KPMG Fintech Innovation Challenge

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Auckland and Sydney-based technology company SuiteBox has won global recognition by taking out the Mobile Category in the KPMG Fintech Innovation Challenge, organised by Matchi. The global challenge aims to... Read more continue reading

The 9 building blocks of a business which will stand the test of time

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Anybody who has had the privilege of seeing the Great Pyramids up close will recall how perfectly symmetrical and “in balance” they are from a distance as you approach them.... Read more continue reading