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AFSL cancelled for Sydney firm

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... cancelled Etern Wisdom's AFSL on 6 June 2016 after ASIC discovered the firm had failed to lodge financial statements, auditor reports and auditor opinions over consecutive years and failed to advise ASIC in writing, within 10 business days, of becoming ...

ASIC threatens SMSF auditors with cancellation

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
... 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 may have further serious consequences ...

SMSFA collaborates for education program

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... the Association's highly sought-after industry designations, including the SMSF Specialist Advisor and SMSF Specialist Auditor," said Ward. David White, director, International Centre for Financial Services at the University of Adelaide said the initiative ...

ASIC hands Allegianz six month suspension

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... failing to comply with a number of key obligations. In a statement the regulator said that Allegianz had failed to lodge auditor reports and auditor opinions over consecutive years and failed to advise ASIC, in writing, within 10 business days of becoming ...

Kaplan and SMSFA launch postgrad qualification

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... the first subject may be eligible for the SMSF Practitioner designation. Further designations, such as SMSF Specialist Auditor and SMSF Specialist Adviser, may be available depending on elective choice. Kaplan Professional chief executive Brian Knight ...

July 1 will end the "amateur" SMSF era

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
New entry and licensing requirements for SMSF auditors and accountants from July 1 will likely result in many funds being wound up, according to industry consultant John Wiseman. Wiseman noted that, as at December 2015, SMSFs represented 30% of the ...

Regulators coordinating efforts to protect super

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
Australia's financial services regulators have committed to coordinating their efforts to ensure that professionals working in the country's self-managed superannuation sector are acting as they should do. In a panel session at the SMSF Association ...

Third SMSF auditor banned

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... auditors, disqualifying a third person in as many days. James Dermody of New South Wales is disqualified from being an SMSF auditor because he signed independent auditor's reports and auditor independence declarations for two companies for the years ...

ASIC bans another SMSF auditor

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
ASIC has permanently banned an auditor from providing services to self-managed superannuation funds. Based in Sydney, Abe Samuel was found to have breached independence requirements by the regulator, specifically by auditing a fund of which he was a ...

SMSF auditor disqualified

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
ASIC has disqualified an SMSF auditor for providing untruthful statements that were deliberately misleading. Manoj Abichandani of New South Wales was also deemed by the regulator as not a fit and proper person to be an approved SMSF auditor. ASIC imposed ...