Accounting and financial services firms thriving in an evolving landscape

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Macquarie’s inaugural 2015/16 Accounting and Financial Services (AFS) Benchmarking Report has revealed that despite changing industry conditions, accounting and financial services firms are performing strongly, remain optimistic about the future and are clearly... Read more continue reading

Paradigm Group bespoke solution attracts interest as accountants appreciate depth of AFSL demands

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Paradigm Group’s (Paradigm) new CEO Bill Danaher has moved quickly since settling into the role in late January implementing and managing the organisation’s strategic growth objectives. As the business moves... Read more continue reading

Synchron helping advisers address the revenue gap

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Australia’s leading non-institutional licensee Synchron has announced the launch of two initiatives to help advisers facing reduced revenues as a result of the Life Insurance Framework (LIF). “Following the release... Read more continue reading

Afiniation and Financial Services Knowledge Hub announce partnership and launches second Showcase event

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Afiniation (The FinTech Network) is pleased to announce that it has partnered with the Financial Services Knowledge Hub, the NSW Government initiative coordinated by the Committee for Sydney, to drive... Read more continue reading

Why is non‑mining business investment so weak and what is the outlook?

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A lift in non‑mining investment remains the missing ingredient in the Australian economic growth transition story. Some of the cyclical drivers of business investment have moved in a direction that... Read more continue reading

New accounting treatment on leases can impact small businesses

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Small business owners such as retailers or distributors who lease their premises could find themselves being forced to renegotiate the terms of their bank loans in the wake of a... Read more continue reading

Three tips to retain your clients

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Acquiring a new client is said to be five-to-ten times more costly than retaining an existing one. Often though, in an attempt to build a successful business, the focus ends... Read more continue reading

Good to great: turning an ideas boom into business

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Leading Australian venture capital firm, OneVentures, has thrown its support behind the Federal Government’s Science and Innovation Package announced yesterday, welcoming tax incentives to stimulate early stage investing, visa reform... Read more continue reading

Advisers embrace social media webinars

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In a direct response to adviser requests, TAL has partnered with leading global agency We Are Social to create adviser specific Social Media webinars to help advisers implement social media... Read more continue reading

Why don’t you roll the dice and ask anyway?

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On some things you just have to roll the dice and take your chances in life.  Asking someone for a date….getting on a plane…or asking for referrals. It doesn’t always... Read more continue reading