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ASIC reviews One Big Switch, bans adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... potentially false and misleading statements in recent insurance campaigns. Appointed by ASIC to review One Big Switch's compliance with financial services laws, Kemp Strang Lawyers found advertising that suggested an "average 30% saving on life insurance" ...

Extensions - What the Greeks await and the Russians hate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... the end of January 2016 - they were due to expire at the end of this month - to allow them to gauge Vladimir Putin's compliance with last February's Minsk Protocol II - ceasefire agreement -A by the end of 2015. The BBC lists the key points of the Minsk ...

PwC to review IOOF advice research division

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... company said. Measures included "thorough internal and board review, notifying industry regulators, ongoing review of compliance measures and controls, employee education and independent investigations. "These initiatives, where necessary, led to enhancement ...

Is now the time to buy IOOF?

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... incidents in that it is not centred around mis-selling or misconduct with client funds, but rather around IFL's culture and compliance." The change of rating came as ASIC confirmed to Financial Standard that it is investigating IOOF following the media ...

ASIC silent on IOOF investigation

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... this includes, where relevant, thorough internal and board review, notifying industry regulators, ongoing review of compliance measures and controls, employee education and independent investigations," the statement said. "Most of the claims appear to ...

Is content king for super funds?

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... display advertising and embedding native content, both video and editorial. But there are challenges - how do you cover compliance or financial ifs, buts, and maybes in a 90-second video? Many super funds see video as the initial opportunity to engage ...

Almost everyone got a bonus this year, report reveals

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... and wealth management were under 40%. Dominic Bareham, associate director of financial services, accounting, risk, compliance and audit at Morgan McKinley Australia, said that this could have been affected by the expectation of employees within the later ...

Employers given October SuperStream deadline

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... RegistrableA Superannuation Entities (RSE) were told that after October 31, 2015, the ATO will apply "a more active compliance approach". Initially this compliance approach will focus on systemic issues affecting the implementation of SuperStream and ...

Super non-compliance endemic: ATO

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... figures come from a recent Australian National Audit Office report which reaffirms company insolvencies and delayed compliance are the biggest challenges facing regulators when chasing unpaid superannuation guarantees (SG). Cbus chief executive, David ...

AustralianSuper backs CFA Code

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... potential new external managers to accept the managers' own code of conduct. "AustralianSuper enforces the manager's compliance with the CFA Code to put all our external managers on the same ethical standards and to drive higher and better standards ...