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ASIC suspends, cancels AFSLs

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022
... Group). The licence was cancelled because AFSL Group failed to comply with its obligation to lodge financial statements and audit reports for the financial years ended 30 June 2020 and 30 June 2021 and did not maintain external dispute membership. "Licensees ...

MLC Life adds to board

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2022
... MLC Life, effective December 16. As part of MLC's planned board renewal, Dubé will also be appointed chair of the board audit committee, replacing Sandra Birkensleigh who has served for 10 years. Bringing over 25 years of experience in the financial ...

SMSF auditors in hot water

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2022
ASIC has acted against six self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditors for breaches of independence requirements and auditing standards. Between June 29 to September 30, ASIC disqualified three SMSF auditors from being registered, imposed additional ...

Link Group appoints chief financial officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2022
... business as it assesses opportunities," Link said. Scott has more than 25 years of experience across finance, consulting and audit, operating in the UK, APAC, and Australia. Most recently, Scott worked at Pendal Group, re-building the finance function ...

Hostplus defies inflation fears

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2022
One of Sam Sicilia's pet themes is that the forces of technology are deflationary, and they will inevitably kick in to be a dominant influence. The Hostplus investment chief has been on this tear for some time and hasn't changed his mind despite ...

Winners are grinners: FPA awards

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... in the practice, and its continued commitment to diversity. "The judging panel was also impressed by the in-depth annual audit the practice undertakes to be accredited with the Global Fiduciary Accreditation (currently held by just seven Australian firms)," ...

Affordable housing investments a win-win: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... Additionally, the federal government was prescribed to encourage mixed tenure developments and build-to-rent-to-sell developments, audit publicly owned land for underutilised properties that could be converted into social and affordable housing projects ...

Life after legalsuper: Proebstl

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2022
... such a model include regulatory/compliance, risk management, company secretariat, tax governance and optimisation, internal audit and cyber risk management. Services would be tailored to a fund's particular needs. "What are the services the fund ...

Government scraps legacy tax, super measures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... the idea of a new tax and regulatory framework for limited partnership collective investment vehicles; changing the annual audit requirement for certain SMSFs; the introduction of a limit of $10,000 for cash payments made to businesses for goods and ...

TPB, bans dishonest tax agents

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2022
... tax agent was also found to have misled clients by advising them their SMSFs had been audited, and charging them for the audit, even though an audit had not been completed. The pair have been banned from practice as they no longer meet the tax practitioner ...