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SMSF auditor's appeal upheld

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has overturned an ASIC decision to disqualify an SMSF auditor. In October 2015, Manoj Abichandani was disqualified as an SMSF auditor following allegations from ASIC that he tried to mislead the regulator with untruthful ...

Self-auditing SMSF auditor caught in ASIC breach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
Advisers should be careful when engaging a SMSF auditor following another disqualification by ASIC yesterday. Pierre Jarjoura of New South Wales has been disqualified after the regulator found he had breached independence and audit requirements, determining ...

Australian Unity appoints senior insto BDM

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... classes fits well with our business." Lees' appointment occurs at the same time Australian Unity has announced its new auditor, replacing Ernst & Young. PricewaterhouseCoopers will now be the group's auditor, following what Australian Unity described ...

NSW Medical Devices Fund grants $8.6m

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
Two Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association member companies have received part of the $8.6 million in funding from the NSW Government's Medical Devices Fund to bring new treatments and technologies to the market. University backed ...

ASIC drops proceedings against two former directors

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... September 2016 for closing submissions. The AAT affirmed ASIC's decision to ban Abe Samuel from being an approved SMSF auditor after the AAT found Samuel had "plainly breached" auditor independence requirements in APES 110 and as a result had breached ...

Advisory firm has licence cancelled

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
... firm Allegianz has had its financial services licence cancelled by ASIC for failing to lodge financial statements and auditor reports. Allegianz's AFSL was suspended for six months in March 2016 after the company failed to lodge financial statements ...

ASIC cancels 133 SMSF auditor registrations

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... not ensure that they are aware of and meet their obligations face the risk of losing their registration. An unregistered auditor is not permitted to audit an SMSF. "Conducting an audit of an SMSF when not permitted to do so may have further serious consequences ...

SMSF trustee fined $40K for SIS breaches

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
... re-borrowed them again. While he tried to disguise some of the borrowing, the SMSF was audited by the ATO in response to an auditor contravention report and the full extent of the borrowing was revealed. The court held there were contraventions of s62 ...

PMIIG licence cancelled

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
... competence to provide services covered by its licence; did not comply with the requirements; failed to lodge financial and auditor's reports on time; and did not advise the regulator of breaches within 10 business days. "ASIC takes compliance with these ...

Bentley renews call for Keybridge director dismissal

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
Bentley Capital has updated its reasons for dismissing Keybridge chair Andrew Moffat and electing Bentley representatives to the Keybridge board. In an ASX statement, Bentley said that it is now the second-largest Keybridge shareholder, surpassing Viburnum ...