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Government opens consultation for amended CCIV regime

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... meetings rules and members' rights and remedies; and an explanation of the legislative approach to depositary independence. Commenting on the consultation, Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer said: "The CCIV vehicle will ...

ASIC consults on advice code monitoring bodies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
... professional advice associations could potentially serve as code monitors. However, it also stressed the importance of independence and impartiality, saying that monitoring bodies must have appropriate measures in place to ensure independence from the ...

Praemium chief executive returns to board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... from the Financial Services Royal Commission, Praemium is extremely well placed to be a beneficiary of the shift to independence, and we welcome Michael's ongoing leadership as CEO and managing director during this time." Ohanessian's elevation ...

ASIC deregisters 117 SMSF auditors

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... billion of people's retirement savings. The regulator also disqualified a Western Australian SMSF auditor for breaching independence requirements. Paul Tattersall audited an immediate family member's fund in addition to auditing his own. He also audited ...

RC suggests separating platforms and advice licensees

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... operators with advice licensees has reduced competitive tension that would have advantaged clients and impeded the independence of the advice licensee who ought to be acting in the best interests of the client."

ANU to recalibrate divestment policy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... sell down $16 million of their shareholdings in Santos, Oil Search, Iluka Resources, Sandfire, Sirius, Newcrest and Independence Group. And the divestment was well timed as several of stocks they divested from soon experienced dramatic price falls. However ...

Meller to leave AMP immediately

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... will make a submission to the Royal Commission in response to the issues raised and will include discussion of the independence of Clayton Utz's report. Meller said he was honoured to have served as chief executive and is personally devastated by the ...

Hastings rebrands following sale

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... now be known as Vantage Infrastructure, after new owner Northill Capital repositioned the brand to reflect its new independence. Vantage senior partner Valeria Rosati echoed the sentiment, stating the Northill ownership allowed the business to now become ...

ASIC disqualifies two SMSF auditors

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... ASIC disqualified two self-managed super fund auditors - one in South Australia and one in the ACT - for breaching independence requirements. The South Australian auditor, John Tretola, was found to have breached his independence requirements of APES ...

Convicted SMSF auditor disqualified

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... disqualified for auditing his own fund and that of a close family member - a move that ASIC said breached auditor independence.