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Government ramps up ASIC powers

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
In light of the Royal Commission, the Turnbull Government has increased criminal and civil penalties for corporate misconduct and boosted ASIC's surveillance powers. Treasurer Scott Morrison and Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer ...

Dead advice clients slugged ongoing service fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
The Commonwealth Bank has admitted one of its advice subsidiaries charged ongoing service fees to clients it knew had passed away. Providing testimony to the Royal Commission today, CBA executive general manager, Commonwealth Private Marianne Perkovic ...

SMSF expert joins boutique investment house

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
A self-managed superannuation industry stalwart has taken on a board advisory role with a boutique funds management firm. Former SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery will advise the board of fund manager and individually managed account ...

Chief economist update: Can't get enough of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
War: it seems that US president Donald Trump cannot get enough of it. Trump began his war crusade with the media (and fake news), then moved on to North Korea (although this was instigated by Kim's nuclear "exercises"), then trade and China, last weekend ...

CBA advice failures unacceptable: Comyn

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
Commonwealth Bank chief executive Matt Comyn apologised for the group's financial advice failures as two CBA planning subsidiaries entered an enforceable undertaking with ASIC - all before the financial services Royal Commission tackles advice on Monday. ...

ASIC disqualifies two SMSF auditors

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
ASIC disqualified two self-managed super fund auditors - one in South Australia and one in the ACT - for breaching independence requirements. The South Australian auditor, John Tretola, was found to have breached his independence requirements of APES ...

ASIC slaps fines on Spaceship and its trustee

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
The corporate regulator said Spaceship's upbeat description of its growth option made "misleading claims" to attract new superannuation members. Spaceship's GrowthX option claimed to "measure companies" while in reality 79% of the fund was tracking ...

Two industry funds merge

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
Two industry superannuation funds will merge to create a $10.3 billion superannuation fund with about 125,000 members. NGS Super and QIEC Super will operate as one entity from 1 November 2018; QIEC Super will become a subdivision of NGS Super in the ...

Chief economist update: Synchronised global slowing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
If the just-released results of the JP Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI survey are any indication, the synchronised global upswing that was the stuff of investor optimism in the latter part of last year is beginning to lose momentum. The survey shows..."the ...

Prime Value appoints new portfolio manager

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
A former portfolio manager at Contango Asset Management is taking on a new role at Prime Value Asset Management. Richard Ivers joins Prime Value's Australian equities team as a portfolio manager. He will also be responsible for managing Prime Value's ...