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MLC appoints super funds board member

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... Wealth Super Trustee Board chairman Geoff Webb. In addition to his director's duties, Rassi will also chair the Finance and Audit Committee.

Lion Adv cancelled/Hickie banned

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
ASIC has revoked the AFS license of Lion Advantage and banned the financial service organisation's chief executive David Hickie for two years, following a surveillance of the business. During the surveillance period, the regulator found the business ...

ASIC bans ABC LC auditor

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... undertaking (EU) from Brisbane auditor, Simon Andrew Peter Green. The EU follows ASIC's investigation into Green's conduct of the audit of the 2007 financial report of ABC Learning Centres Limited (ABC). At the time, Green was a partner with the former ...

AMP updates Ascend SMSF

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... the ability for advisers to complete a new SMSF application in minutes rather than hours. In addition, administration and audit fees have been reduced and investment options added, including AMP's North platform and PortfolioCare, and The Australian ...

AGEST bungle isolated: BNP Paribas

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
French investment bank BNP Paribas has said that the miscalculation of AGEST Super returns reported yesterday was an isolated incident. AGEST Super recently wrote to affected members advising them that they have either been under or over paid - after ...

AFA releases draft code of conduct

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
The Association of Financial Advisers has released a member consultation paper outlining their draft professional adviser code of conduct. The draft was released with a view to it being finalised before the Australian Securities & Investments Commission ...

Evolv launch new SMSF audit service

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
BCS Direction and Heffron have merged their audit businesses to launch Evolv, an SMSF audit service designed to make processes more efficient. Evolv is a new approach to self-managed super fund (SMSF) audits. The new web-based SMSF audit solution is ...

Streamlined SMSF software creates adviser revenue stream

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... that information to be extracted easier and more efficiently then it has in the past - but you still need an accountant to audit your fund. And you still need to tax return lodged," he said.

UK launches bank probe amid Libor scandal

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... responsibility in the bad times. They need to take the rough with the smooth." Barclays has already ordered an internal audit to find who was responsible for rigging Libor (London Interbank Offered Rate), which it was found to have manipulated to make ...

SMSF auditor competency education push

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... part of the regulation of the SMSF sector. Auditor registration will increase the assurance that can be placed in the SMSF audit by ensuring that SMSF auditors are competent to detect and report contraventions of the superannuation law," he said. Audit ...