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July 2022

Sunday. The last game for the season. A moment I will never forget!

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Sunday. The last footy game for the year. I had the honour of thanking all the players for their efforts, commitment and development over the season. I was so proud of each and every one of them.

At the beginning of the year, I challenged them to become better men before becoming better footballers. The foundation for this would be a commitment to taking responsibility, showing respect and keeping things real. Responsibility for their actions. Respect for their teammates, parents, friends and all humans. Real, not being afraid to put their hand up and reach out if they need help.

While we finished at the bottom of the ladder, in so far as growth and personal development, in my eyes we finished well on top. For me, this was a far more significant achievement than any other accolade.

I want to speak about a moment that took place on Sunday that will remain with me for life. A dad of one of the boys waited for me outside the clubrooms after the game. He approached me, put out his hand and said thank you. He became quite emotional. This dad who was hurting. It took courage to express such emotions. Placing my hand on his shoulder, we distanced ourselves from the people, to talk. He couldn’t stop thanking me for the difference I had made in his son’s life and for the support given.

The family had been through a very difficult time. The mother confided in me a couple of months ago detailing her concern for her son given the gut-wrenching circumstances that devastated the family. She asked me to look out for her boy. To which I made a commitment to.

I am no medical professional. I do not have qualifications in any form of psychology. This situation taught me that you don’t need much to make a difference. You only need to be you. Genuinely caring and following through on what you say makes the world of difference. During the year, this boy progressed and at times regressed, but the constant was the right support.

There are many people grieving and going through difficult times. Behind every troubled person is a concerned parent, relative or friend. The impact goes beyond the individual directly impacted. Remember this. Wholeness and well-being require us to look beyond the person.

So, I write to remind you of this, we all have an obligation to each other. Never be short in extending a hand. Embracing a human. Be on the lookout and be courageous enough to ask the question, “How are you doing?” It could be the start of a life-changing moment…

BGL attains Mental Health Skilled Workplace Accreditation

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BGL attains Mental Health Skilled Workplace Accreditation

BGL Corporate Solutions has been recognised as an accredited Mental Health First Aid Skilled Workplace.

BGL is 1 of 165 organisations across Australia recognised as part of the Mental Health First Aid Australia Skilled Workplace Program, which was first introduced in 2018. The program aims to inspire positive change and celebrates organisations driving mental health literacy and competency skills.

“This is a great achievement” said Ron Lesh, BGL’s Managing Director. “Our people work tirelessly to provide award-winning software solutions and customer service for our clients. Supporting our team members’ mental health and wellbeing has never been more important. To have mental health and wellbeing deeply embedded in our culture is something I am so very proud of.”

“BGL has always been focused on the mental health and wellbeing of our team and we have implemented many initiatives to support our team members. One of which was to have all BGL leaders trained in mental health first aid,” added Lesh. “With the help of Joel Clapham, Founder and Chief Mental Health Champ at Hearten Up, BGL had all our leaders trained as Mental Health First Aiders. This equates to 1 trained Mental Health First Aider for every 7 BGL team members.”

“This initiative alone has had an enormous positive impact on our leaders and our team members,” continued Lesh. “It has also positioned us to be recognised as a Great Place to Work.”

“Creating and sustaining a mentally healthy workplace requires constant and consistent effort,” said Lesh. “We will continue to invest in new and better ways to educate our team, raise awareness and reduce the stigma related to mental health. It is just so important.”

BGL to accept crypto as payment

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Written by Josh Needs
Published by Accountants Daily
on 26 July 2022
Click here to read on Accountants Daily website

Digital currency can now be used for subscriptions to the company’s management software.

BGL Corporate Solutions will now be accepting bitcoin as payment for subscription to its suite of software, CAS 360, Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360.

Managing director of BGL, Ron Lesh, said the firm was pleased to be accepting cryptocurrency.

“We are very excited to offer our clients the option to pay their annual software subscriptions with Bitcoin”, said Mr Lesh.

He said that the company’s ability to accept crypto as payment was developed through BGL’s collaboration with cryptocurrency exchange Cointree.

“From today, BGL clients will be able to pay into our crypto wallet thanks to our partnership with Australia’s own cryptocurrency exchange, Cointree,” said Mr Lesh.

“Clients will simply click a link on our invoices and complete the transfer.

“With cryptocurrency continuing to grow in popularity, our partnership with Cointree provides an easy way for BGL to offer subscription payments in cryptocurrency.”

BGL said the latest development with Cointree came after they had partnered to provide Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360 an easy way to process cryptocurrency transactions, value and keep track of their portfolio, and help with the calculation of CGT events for SMSFs, trusts, companies and individuals.

Chief executive of Cointree, Jess Renden, said the exchange was delighted to partner with an innovative business like BGL.

“We’ve been helping Australians access crypto since launching in 2013 and are proud to partner with a forward-thinking organisation like BGL,” said Ms Renden.

“Consumers have embraced cryptocurrency in recent years and it’s becoming more common for people to use it as a means to pay bills, so when BGL wanted to offer its customers to pay bills our team were ready to help find a solution.”

The partnership between the two companies has also expanded into co-developing Australian-based software to provide a daily price feed for several cryptocurrencies.

Called NBOC, BGL said it was a daily automated data feed that provided both Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360 clients with up-to-date prices for cryptocurrency and was suitable for SMSFs, companies, trusts and individuals.

Founded in 1983, BGL Corporate Solutions has grown to become one of the largest developers of compliance software in the world, with more than 180 employees globally.

BGL provides cloud-based company compliance management, SMSF and portfolio administration software to over 8,000 businesses in 15 countries.

Cointree launched in 2013 and operates as one of Australia’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, handling over $250 million in transactions.

BGL now accepts Bitcoin for subscription payments

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BGL now accepts Bitcoin for subscription payments

BGL Corporate Solutions, Australia’s leading provider of SMSF, investment portfolio and company compliance management software, have announced it now accepts Bitcoin for payment of its CAS 360, Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360 annual software subscriptions.

“We are very excited to offer our clients the option to pay their annual software subscriptions with Bitcoin,” said Ron Lesh, BGL’s Managing Director.

“From today, BGL clients will be able to pay into our Crypto Wallet thanks to our partnership with Australia’s own cryptocurrency exchange, Cointree. Clients will simply click a link on our invoices and complete the transfer.”

Cointree provides an outstanding cryptocurrency exchange experience and is a go-to for many Australians buying, selling or trading cryptocurrency – especially first-time traders.

“With cryptocurrency continuing to grow in popularity, our partnership with Cointree provides an easy way for BGL to offer subscription payments in cryptocurrency,” added Lesh.

Cointree is the first exchange to join the BGL Ecosystem providing Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360 clients an easy way to process cryptocurrency transactions, value and keep track of their portfolio and help with the calculation of CGT events for SMSFs, trusts, companies and individuals.

Cointree’s CEO, Jess Renden said, “We’ve been helping Australians access crypto since launching in 2013 and are proud to partner with a forward thinking organisation like BGL.”

“Consumers have embraced cryptocurrency in recent years and it’s becoming more common for people to use it as a means to pay bills, so when BGL wanted to offer its customers a way to pay bills our team were ready to help find a solution,” added Renden.

BGL and Cointree also co-developed NBOC; an Australian-based solution providing a daily price feed for hundreds of cryptocurrencies. NBOC’s exclusive daily automated data feed provides BGL’s Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360 clients with up-to-date prices for cryptocurrency for SMSFs, companies, trusts and individuals. The cryptocurrency valuation is used for calculating values for financial reports and member balances.

BGL’s Simple Fund 360 extends market leadership

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BGL’s Simple Fund 360 extends market leadership

BGL Corporate Solutions, Australia’s leading provider of self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF), investment portfolio and company compliance management software, has announced it now has over 250,000 funds administered by over 7,550 firms on its SMSF software, Simple Fund 360.

“This is a huge milestone for BGL and a direct result of the teams’ passion, innovation and perseverance,” said Ron Lesh, BGL’s Managing Director. “We simply could not achieve numbers like this without the hard work of our team and I’m extremely proud of each and every one of them.”

BGL now has over 250,000 funds administered on Simple Fund 360, representing 41% of the estimated 605,000 SMSFs in Australia, cementing its position as the most widely used SMSF administration software solution.

“A big part of our success, I believe, is our commitment to our clients and our willingness to listen to their feedback,” continued Lesh. “Our team works tirelessly to develop and implement new, wish-listed features to help our clients scale and grow their businesses. Plus, our culture of innovation and our ability to quickly adapt to change allows us to stay many steps ahead of our competitors.”

Released in 2014, Simple Fund 360 is a cloud-based SMSF administration solution with sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) powered technologies for smart data capture, categorisation and review – simplifying the process of transaction matching for SMSFs and providing incredible efficiencies for clients. Simple Fund 360 integrates with BGL’s CAS 360 and Simple Invest 360 solutions as well as providing integrated accounting workpapers, digital signing, 350+ data feeds, registry integration and BGL SmartDocs – BGL’s industry-leading paper-to-data solution.

“The future is bright for Simple Fund 360,” added Lesh. “We are continually improving our AI technologies to increase accuracy and help clients to be more efficient, effective and productive. Watch this space!”

BGL integrates with Cleardocs for efficient company incorporations

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Written by Josh Needs
Published by Accountants Daily
on 15 July 2022
Click here to read on Accountants Daily website

The upgrade will allow BGL clients to automate the company registration process, says managing director.

BGL Corporate Solutions has integrated with document provider Cleardocs to provide streamlined company incorporations.

BGL said that its clients would now be able to seamlessly incorporate companies through the Cleardocs platform with all data and supporting documents automatically imported into its management software CAS 360.

The managing director of BGL, Ron Lesh, said that he was delighted with the partnership with Cleardocs, which is part of the Thomson Reuters accounting software suite.

“We are extremely proud to have developed this integration together with Cleardocs,” said Mr Lesh.

“This integration will help BGL clients automate the company registration process and eliminate the need to manually enter the company details in CAS 360, making the entire process a breeze.”

BGL said that the integration meant its clients just needed to click the “register via provider” button within the CAS 360 company registration screen and then select Cleardocs.

Managing director Asia and emerging markets at Thomson Reuters, Jackie Rhodes, welcomed increased ties with BGL.

“We are excited to provide BGL clients with full circle integration by enabling a seamless end-to-end process within CAS 360,” said Ms Rhodes.

“This development delivers real-time savings and improved accuracy to BGL clients, and it further cements our longstanding relationship with BGL.”

Cleardocs said this integration would help save time on data entry when registering a company, with just a few clicks required to transfer all the relevant data.

Mr Lesh said BGL aimed to integrate its suite of software with other companies in the future.

“Currently, this integration is exclusively for Cleardocs company incorporations, however, we plan to expand this feature in the future,” said Mr Lesh.

Founded in 1983, BGL Corporate Solutions started with only two employees and has grown to become one of the largest developers of compliance software in the world, with more than 180 employees globally.

BGL provides cloud-based company compliance management, SMSF and portfolio administration software to over 8,000 businesses in 15 countries.

BGL’s clients range from major accounting firms and law firms, financial planners, as well as many individual SMSF trustees.