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New SG laws hit Senate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... attracts a penalty of up to 200% calculated on the liability. General interest is also charged for late payments. The new law would also give the ATO Commissioner power to make employers undertake an approved educational course and provide evidence once ...

APRA takes action against IOOF

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... included in the proceedings have shown a lack of understanding of their personal and trustee obligations under the SIS Act and at law, and a lack of contrition in relation to the breaches of the SIS Act identified by APRA." IOOF executives dismissed ...

New initiatives ready advisers for the future

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... to the shifting landscape," knowITdigital chief executive Wayne Wilson said. The first partnership, with financial services law firm Holley Nethercote, will provide advice businesses with access to a range of compliance services and training, specifically ...

Why indexing is big business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
With over three million active benchmarks across the globe growing exponentially, the changing nature of index providers is becoming increasingly more relevant in the investment process. The disproportionate ratio of stocks to indices shows no sign ...

Celebrities cop $1m crypto fine

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
Boxing giant Floyd Mayweather and music producer DJ Khaled have become the first people to be charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission for the unlawful promotion of initial coin offerings. Floyd Mayweather and DJ Khaled - real name Khaled ...

ASIC strips Melbourne firm of AFSL

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
The corporate regulator has cancelled the AFSL of a Melbourne-based firm that previously copped a $9 million fine for offering personal loans with the proviso customers implement financial advice from the firm. Financial Circle's Australian financial ...

Social media reacts to final Royal Commission hearings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... themselves. There is a clear need for external scrutiny on culture at ANZ and in other banks. #BankingRC - David Taylor (@aus_employ_law) November 28, 2018 Employment lawyer David Taylor said scrutiny needed to be applied on the banks, after ANZ chief ...

Royal Commission: And that is a wrap

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... with the requirements that the Commission has made," Hayne said. Hayne also thanked the staff at Melbourne's Commonwealth law courts and Sydney's family and federal courts, and journalists who reported on the proceedings. "The Commission has not sought ...

APRA not clear how to police BEAR breaches

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... some criticism about the way we had run a number of those cases," Byres said. "In my mind I have no doubt that's why the law was changed [around 2007] to change the way it works because we were deemed not to have exercised that authority properly. ...

Tax treatment of granny flats under review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
The Federal Government has requested the Board of Taxation conduct a review of the tax treatment of granny flat arrangements and outline potential reforms to assist the prevention of elder abuse. Under existing tax laws, a homeowner may have to pay ...