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Industry funds happy SG charge retained

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... incentive for employers to pay mandatory super on time." "The SG charge is necessary to protect employees from employer non-compliance which we know is a particular problem in certain industries. Everyone is entitled to receive their superannuation contributions ...

KPMG appoints wealth management and compliance director

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
KPMG has appointed Cecilia Storniolo as director of wealth management compliance and conduct. Storniolo joins KPMG from BT Financial where she was a key account manager. Prior to this she worked as a senior policy manager with the Financial Services ...

ANZ appoints PwC for OnePath compliance review

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
ANZ has appointed PwC to conduct an independent review of its compliance processes in its OnePath businesses. ASIC raised concerns following ANZ breach reports in 2013 to 2015 regarding life and general insurance, superannuation and funds management ...

ASIC tightens Macquarie's AFSL

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
... Macquarie will be required to engage an ASIC-approved expert to assess "the adequacy of Macquarie's procedures for ensuring compliance with the client money requirements of the Act and make recommendations for improvements." Macquarie has filed an application ...

FSC defends industry self-regulation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... their own codes of practice," Loane said. "This will be the first Code of Practice for the life insurance industry and compliance will be mandatory for the FSC's life insurance members. The Code will also be supported by an independent governance framework ...

Perpetual Private partners law firm to help accountants with AFSLs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... accountants access to ongoing legal advice, support and tools to easily stay abreast of legal developments impacting compliance obligations. Perpetual Private general manager professionals Nathan Jacobsen said the partnership strengthens Perpetual's ...

Joyce Phillips leaves in ANZ restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... has built a great reputation for wealth through its consistently strong business performance, improved governance and compliance and through market-leading innovations such as goMoney, Grow and Smart Choice Super. "Joyce has also made a major contribution ...

Energy Super appoints new board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... nominated by Ergon, while Flanagan was nominated by Master Electricians Australia. Both sit on Energy Super's audit, compliance and risk committee. The Energy Super board of directors features four employer representatives, four member representatives ...

US resistance to DOL fiduciary rule gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... concerns in his speaker's blog, saying that while the reform is well intentioned it could actually just create excessive compliance burden. The chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Republican Senator Ron Johnson ...

ACE forced to pay $1m for poor Combined sales culture

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... divisions, Combined Insurance. Under the EU, ACE Insurance is required to appoint an independent expert to review Combined's compliance systems, put a remediation plan to compensate affected consumers in place and make a donation of $1 million to financial ...