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ASIC puts SMSF auditors on notice

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission imposed tougher registration conditions for two SMSF auditors following a slew of misconduct. William Krammer from Victoria and Yuk Wong from New South Wales have breached auditor independence and ...

APRA, ACCC sign new MoU

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission have signed an updated memorandum of understanding in a bid to increase information sharing, coordination, and cooperation between the two regulators. ...

Financial services laws under review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
Following on from the Royal Commission, the Australian Law Reform Commission has been tasked with reviewing financial services laws with a view to simplify laws regulating the industry. As part of its response to the Royal Commission final report, the ...

Rapper charged over crypto scandal

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... of five individuals charged over his role in a fraudulent cryptocurrency offering, after the Securities and Exchange Commission found he had promoted and sold tokens on his social media accounts. Clifford Harris Jr, better known for his stage name T.I. ...

Perks appoints new director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... sophisticated, tailored advice," he said. He said Perks Private Wealth has seen a strong demand for services following the Royal Commission as clients seek out advice from privately-owned firms. "The uncertainty and challenges of this year have also ...

ASIC takes disqualification decision to Federal Court

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
The corporate watchdog has refused to back down on a decision to disqualify a Queensland-based self-managed super fund auditor, taking the Administrative Appeals Tribunal's decision to the Federal Court of Australia. John Gilliland had his ASIC disqualification ...

ISPT writes down assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... today was selected by the Liberal Party and that requests by the Labor Party to have those funds that fronted the Royal Commission appear were ignored. He then accused the Liberal Party of using the committee to wage an ideological war against super ...

Women receive worse advice: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
Financial advisers tend to give female clients poorer advice and recommend riskier assets compared to male clients, a new study shows. Women are significantly more likely to receive undiversified financial advice than men, researchers from the Hong ...

Super funds to face parliamentary grilling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... the groups will also include monitoring the sector's progress on implementing relevant recommendations from the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry. The news comes after the committee called ...

ASIC can use RC evidence in RI Advice case

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
RI Advice, an IOOF subsidiary, has failed in its attempt to stop ASIC using Royal Commission evidence in its ongoing case against the dealer group. ASIC's case against RI Advice and one of its former financial advisers, John Doyle, is currently playing ...