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ASIC completes unlisted asset guide

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) finalised its guidelines to improve disclosure in unlisted mortgage and unlisted property schemes which represent $70 billion in funds under management (FUM). In the finalised document, ASIC ...

Garvan FP practice gains SAI approval

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... brand. MLC took the debate on quality of advice to the next level when it signed a partnership with SAI Global to run an audit on the administration and operations of its 30 aligned financial planning practices using FP9000 in September last year. Greg ...

Allianz wheels insurance for motor trade

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... Motor Trades Pack insurance policy covers glass breakage, transit, business interruption, public and products liability, tax audit, theft, employee dishonesty, professional indemnity, and machinery breakdown. The policy includes up to $20,000 liability ...

TFSA cuts cost, saves time through Paragem

Total Financial Solutions Australia, a dealer group on the cusp of a major expansion plan, turns to outsourcing specialist Paragem to mind the details as TFSA advisers think big. In a new deal signed this month, TFSA will outsource commissions payment ...

ATO sends warning to super fund trustees

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) is warning financial advisers and accountants to ensure their clients aren't moving assets into their funds and failing to report the total value of their portfolio to avoid raising their tax costs. Michael D'Ascenzo ...

Industry funds steering clear of FHSAs

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
The release this week of Australian Prudential Regulation Authority draft prudential standards for super funds that plan to offer first home saver accounts has confirmed the view of many fund trustees that the FHSA structure and regulatory framework ...

Big lift in company corporate governance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
... particular internal committees remained a problem. Illustrating this, the survey found some major companies continue to have audit, remuneration or nomination committees that were either not made up of all independent directors or the chair was not independent. ...

AETS could add 14 cents to petrol prices

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
Australia's emission trading scheme (AETS) due to come online in just two years could add 14 cents to the cost of a litre of fuel and radically alter the balance sheets of Australian companies. "Until we know the details of the scheme we won't know ...

Takeovers Panel adds five

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... partner were appointed to the panel. In addition, Vickki McFadden, Skilled Group non-executive director and chair of the audit and risk committee as well as Paula Dwyer, director at Babcock and Brown Japan Property Management, Suncorp Metway and two ...

SMSF trustees wise up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
... Australian Tax Office (ATO) rules, but the range of non-compliance offenses had tapered. The SMSF research is based on an audit of almost 500 SMSFs across Australia. This is the second time Partners Superannuation Services has conducted the research. ...