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ASIC keeps watch on SMSF auditors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... Australian Taxation Office (ATO) referred 98 cases of the 120 that ASIC probed. The regulator removed 76 SMSF auditors from the auditor register, suspended one auditor for a period, and imposed conditions on the registrations of a further 24 auditors. ...

University students to run hedge fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
An industry-backed hedge fund has launched at the University of New South Wales, where students will run a concentrated long-short portfolio of ASX 300 stocks with ESG filters. Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) general manager Michael ...

XPLAN picks up Lumen integration

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
IRESS integrated its recently acquired data analytics solution with financial planning software XPLAN. IRESS has made it easier for licensees to identify actual and potential scenarios where advice standards are not being complied with by integrating ...

Government cuts SMSF red tape

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... have a history of good record keeping and compliance. Currently, SMSFs must be audited annually by an independent SMSF auditor who is registered with ASIC and audits documents prepared prior to submitting an SMSF annual return (SAR). The ATO generally ...

Aurora reshuffles compliance team

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
After the departure of two external members of its compliance committee, Aurora Funds Management appointed replacements with immediate effect. Anthony Hartnell joins the committee while also serving as Aurora's non-executive chair. He was previously ...

Blue Sky short seller launches new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
One of the men behind the US hedge fund which successfully shorted Blue Sky Alternative Investments is starting an activist investment fund of his own. Former Glaucus Research director and chief investment officer at Glaucus Investments, Soren Aandahl ...

NSW Treasury appoints productivity commissioner

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... Achterstraat is also the current president of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (NSW Division) and was the NSW Auditor-General from 2006 to 2013. He has held numerous other senior positions in the public sector. NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet ...

ASIC deregisters 117 SMSF auditors

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... "Conducting an audit of an SMSF when not permitted to do so may have further serious consequences for the fund and the auditor," the ASIC statement said.? In November 2017, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission sent out final warnings ...

Mercer expands responsible investment team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... senior consultant in KPMG's human rights and social impact team. He previously held a role with the consultant as a social auditor. During his time at KPMG Stamp worked with a vast array of clients across FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods), real estate ...

ASIC fees to more than double

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... to charge new fees for an application to vary or revoke the conditions or cancel the registration of an approved SMSF auditor. Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer said that under the new fees-for-service regime, fees for activities ...