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Trustees must not be victimised: APRA

APRA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
The chief executive of an employer association is facing criminal prosecution for allegedly sacking two employees who were trustees of the association's super fund because they didn't renew an outsourcing contract the fund had with the association. ...

Count buys Evolution Advisers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... 1600 clients and offers accounting and financial services to businesses and individuals with a focus on compliance, tax, audit, corporate services, financial planning, loans and leasing. The four person principal group is chaired by its founder, Warren ...

Macquarie launches online election service

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... processes, removing the need for follow up by validating client elections as the adviser authorises them and improving the audit trail by maintaining election history online for 13 months. Benjamin Kohn, director of Link Financial Services, said he has ...

UK pension and fundies to drive long-termism

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... companies they invest in to focus on long-term shareholder value, according to the Walker Review. The review, an independent audit of corporate governance of UK banks and other financial institutions, has made 39 recommendations to the government. The ...

Flawed fund analysis demands new metric: Study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
Flawed super fund performance analysis leading to a type of market failure necessitates development of a new 'whole of fund' metric that investors can use to better compare super funds, argue APRA analysts in a recently released research paper. "Publication ...

ASIC flags end-of-year signposts

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... But adding to the compliance burden, the ASX has increased the number of qualifications that companies have to include on audit reports: more than trebling the number of 'emphasis of matter' paragraphs from 130 back in 2007 to 407 by end of last year. ...

Net tightens on executive pay

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... and in the process of being updated, IFSA's Blue Book identifies that all companies should have a nomination committee, an audit committee and a remuneration committee. The remuneration committee should be chaired by an independent director and have ...

...and targets SMSF market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
AMP is moving into the burgeoning self managed super fund (SMSF) market by launching the firm's Ascend SMSF product. Paul Sainsbury, director of product manufacturing at AMP, said the product allows trustees to have complete control over their fund ...

Commodities trading accountant jailed

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
The former accountant and company secretary of the now defunct commodities trading group Bustan gets a two-and-a-half-year jail term for cooking the books. Claire Horsman, who worked for the Bustan Group between 1999 and 2001 received the jail sentence ...

Forensic tool for private equity

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... investing in private equity to get a clearer picture of their underlying portfolios. It will also help users conduct individual audit requirements. More importantly, the program will help monitor and validate management fees and performance fees - and ...