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Trustee boards fail to challenge unlisted valuations: APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024
... include valuation risks and aspects of the valuation governance framework as focus areas in their annual or cyclical internal audit plans. "Inappropriate asset valuations, especially during periods of heightened market volatility, may materially impact ...

Will ASIC use AI for advice compliance monitoring?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
... applications in the financial advice industry has led to a prediction that ASIC could soon incorporate AI into its compliance and audit checks of advisers. Financial technology firm Padua envisions a future where AI could be used to check if advice firms ...

Vale Garry Wyatt

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
... career. His experience includes financial control, project management, operational line management, compliance, internal audit, and business and strategic planning. Wyatt co-founded Insync with chief investment officer Monik Kotecha in 2009. The duo ...

Super leaders take out King's Birthday honours

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024
... industry, she joined the UniSuper board in 2015. In that time, she has been chair of the insurance committee and chair of the audit, risk and compliance committee. "Nicolette is a highly respected leader and author in superannuation policy, retirement ...

ASIC suspends AFSL for six managed investment schemes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024
... Trust, Aurora Fortitude Absolute Return Fund and Aurora Dividend Income Trust. ASIC found Aurora failed to meet statutory audit and financial reporting lodgement obligations for itself for the financial years ending 2022 and 2023, and the six managed ...

ASIC cancels Everest Asset Management's AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
... operational. ASIC said it revoked the AFSL because Everest failed to prepare and lodge the required financial statements and audit reports. ASIC also believes that Everest will likely contravene its obligations as an AFS licensee in the future. Under ...

Auditors lambast mandatory climate reporting requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
... appropriately considered or consulted in the design of the package," he said. "It is also going to put enormous strain on the audit profession at a time when we know many are facing burn out and there is a huge shortfall in auditors to complete existing ...

Sequoia chair steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... chair was April 18 following five years at the post. He will stay at Sequoia as a non-executive director and chair of the audit committee. Larsen is the former chair of Odyssey Funds Management, leading the board between 2002 and 2009. He was previously ...

Adviser numbers plateau

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
The number of financial advisers in Australia appears to be stabilising at 15,602, as Count and AMP Financial Planning continue to hold the lion's share. Rainmaker's analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register (FAR) shows that the population ...

intelliflo adds SMSF cashflow modelling capabilities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
... intelliflo and its partners Product Rex and Omnium. "Research data is sent back into the advice journey providing a complete audit trail and basis for recommendations, and data will now be available as outputs within intelliflo's document designer module ...