Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 1901 - 1910 of 4547 results for "October"

Government ramps up ASIC powers

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... powers and penalties follow recommendations made by the ASIC Enforcement Review Taskforce. The Taskforce was established in October 2016 to fulfil the Government's commitment to review the adequacy of ASIC's enforcement regime in response to the Murray ...

Dead advice clients slugged ongoing service fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
... adviser with a low rating that did not conduct reviews for ongoing clients being identified in August 2015. An update in October 2015 reflected a recommendation that a warning letter be issued as it occurred on at least "four instances and systemic issues ...

SMSF expert joins boutique investment house

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... non-executive directorships on the boards of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation and Argo Global Listed Infrastructure. In October 2017, PPM expanded its managed accounts offering to include separately managed accounts, introducing the PPM Global Growth ...

Chief economist update: Can't get enough of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... bilateral trade surpluses with the United States. Switzerland has met two of the three criteria in every Report since the October 2016 Report, having a material current account surplus and having engaged in persistent, one-sided intervention in foreign ...

CBA advice failures unacceptable: Comyn

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... out several other conditions of which Commonwealth Financial Planning must comply. BW Financial Advice ceased trading in October 2016. In a public statement, CBA said that in 2014 it identified and self-reported to ASIC that some CFPL and BWFA customers ...

CountPlus firm acquires NSW practice

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... enhancement" will not be a part of the group's two-year renewal, debt reduction and working capital management program. Later in October, a member firm, Twomeys, underwent a restructure. CountPlus also fully divested its Wagga Wagga-based business unit ...

Geoff Wilson appointed to 8IP board

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... Burn's appointments at the company's annual general meeting in November, 2018. 8EC had a market cap of $40.4 million as of October, 2017.

ASIC disqualifies two SMSF auditors

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... auditor," ASIC said. Samarakoon's disqualification order was passed on 30 January and came into effect on 6 February. In October 2017, the Melbourne County Court sentenced Samarakoon to 29 months' imprisonment for working as a tax professional for a ...

Link Fund Solutions chief to depart

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... Andy Harrison has been appointed as the new chief executive of Mainstream Fund Services, Australia. Taking on the role in October, Harrison succeeds current chief executive Nick Happell who has been promoted to chief executive, Asia-Pacific. Martin Smith ...

ASIC slaps fines on Spaceship and its trustee

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... this case given the Spaceship Fund was specifically targeting young investors," ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell said. In October, Spaceship GrowthX shuffled its investment mix to place 50% of the fund's assets under management in tech stocks. It is unclear ...