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APRA takes further action regarding HIH

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has disqualified George Sturesteps, a former senior executive with HIH, from holding office as a director or senior manager of a general insurer under the Insurance Act 1973. In his time with HIH ...

ATO relaxes SMSF reporting requirements

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has relaxed the reporting requirements of both trustees and auditors of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF). Under the current legislation SMSF trustees must document or record minutes of any decision in regard ...

Millennium boosted by three-way merger

Millennium Financial Services has joined forces with Walker Laanemaa Chartered Accountants, and Danebury Financial Group to become the WLM Financial Group. The new business will consist of two arms WLM Financial Services and WLM Partners - Chartered ...

Mariner and Multiport launch new self-managed super service

Mariner Financial has joined with Multiport to offer a flexible self-managed superannuation fund service. The fund service, Mariner Self Managed Superannuation Fund Service and will enable advisers to offer their clients access to low cost and easy ...

AFS licensees behind the eight ball with account lodgement

Almost 15 per cent of Australian financial services (AFS) licensees are overdue with lodging their 2004 annual accounts and auditor reports with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The 618 licensees with overdue accounts were ...

BNP Securities Services beefs up its risk, control and finance team

BNP Paribas Securities Services has increased the size of its Risk, Control and Finance management team with the appointment of Nicolas Faust as head of risk, control and finance and Kathy Gleadhill in the newly created position of head of internal ...

AFSLs growing in number

ASIC has revealed the total number of Australian Financial Services Licences (AFSLs) stood at 4,101 after it issued 363 additional AFSLs since March last year. Over the period the regulator also approved 582 variations to existing AFSLs and was notified ...

FPA pushes members to adopt tighter conflict of interest guidelines

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has called on members to appoint Conflict Officers, conduct business wide audits and issue declarations stating conflicts of interests have been removed. The steps are part of a guidance paper released by the ...

New guidelines on conflicts for AFS applicants

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has incorporated the most recent legislative changes relating to conflicts of interest into its licensing regime with updates to its licensing guides. The conflicts management obligations are ...

ASIC bans accountant for good

ASIC has banned Ramon Osborne from providing financial services permanently because he is insolvent under administration and the regulatory authority had serious concerns over his ability to comply with financial service laws in the future. Osborne ...