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ASIC disqualifies two SMSF auditors

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... fund auditors - one in South Australia and one in the ACT - for breaching independence requirements. The South Australian auditor, John Tretola, was found to have breached his independence requirements of APES 110 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants. ...

Asset manager bets on blockchain for private equity audits

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
A 130-year-old wealth and asset manager is using blockchain - the latest technology reshaping financial services - to speed up the auditing of private equity lifecycle events. Northern Trust is assigning blockchain nodes to audit firms, which will give ...

Aurora repays stolen $1 million

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... of Aurora," Martin said. Aurora is reviewing its service provider arrangements with Registry Direct and has changed its auditor from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu to Grant Thornton. When Aurora discovered the recipients of the misappropriated funds, it noted ...

Convicted SMSF auditor disqualified

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
ASIC has disqualified a Melbourne-based SMSF auditor who is serving a jail term for previous charges. Nayanaka Arjuna Samarakoon pleaded guilty to criminal offences that included dealing with property reasonably suspected of being proceeds of crime ...

SMSF trustees warned on non-compliant crypto

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... individual member opening a bank account in their name and transferring the super fund money into it," Pleash explained. The auditor would then need SMSF members to pass a resolution in order to have an account or wallet address created in the correct ...

Conflicted SMSF auditor disqualified

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
A self-managed superannuation fund auditor found to be in breach of basic independence rules was disqualified by ASIC. Robert Mark Taylor was disqualified for breaching auditor independence requirements outlined in APES 110 Code of Ethics for Professional ...

SuperConcepts acquires SMSF administrator

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
SuperConcepts acquired a self-managed superannuation fund administration provider in an attempt to expand its market share. MORE Super joins SuperConcepts' growing network comprising AMP SMSF, Ascend, Cavendish, SuperIQ, superMate and yourSMSF. MORE ...

SuperConcepts enhances document management system

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
SuperConcepts launched a new document management functionality within its self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) accounting platform, SuperMate. Users can scan or email documents which are then automatically read, categorised and filed via the new ...

Crowe Horwath names senior appointments

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
... Murray Darling Area. Prior to joining Crowe Horwath, Dean spent 12 years at the Tasmanian Audit Office as an assistant auditor of the general finance division. Head of risk management Michael Doucas said the firm is expanding its technical services and ...

Citi veteran joins forces with listed equities manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... latter's succession plan. Newly-minted Milton Corporation deputy chief Brendan O'Dea joined Citi in 1995 as an internal auditor. Since then he held multiple senior positions there, including head of equities trading Japan, head of equities Japan and ...