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Charter Hall kicks off $115m raise

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
Australia's largest ASX-listed real estate investment trust has kicked off a $115 million equity raising to weather the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Charter Hall Social Infrastructure (ASX: CQE) will undertake a fully underwritten institutional ...

SMSFs granted annual return extension

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
SMSFs have been granted an extension to the lodgement of annual returns to the ATO to June. The ATO said it made the decision in the wake of the financial effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. "The requirement for an SMSF to appoint an auditor 45 days before ...

COVID-19 could end Centrelink stigma

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... system for Centrelink," Johns said. "If your licensee allows it, you may become the client's nominee allowing you to lodge things like supporting documentation online which can save time and money." Johns' staff at ClaimRight tell him that they are ...

ASIC winds up three financial services companies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
ASIC has announced it recently obtained wind up orders for three financial services companies, including two financial advice businesses. The Federal Court of Australia in Melbourne handed down the orders to wind up Australasia Wealth Services and Management ...

ASIC cancels slew of AFSLs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... Life was found to have failed to comply with financial services laws and its own AFSL conditions. The company failed to lodge annual financial reports and auditor reports for 2017, 2018 and 2019. Finally, a Queensland financial planning and stockbroking ...

Westpac hit with another class action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
Westpac confirmed it has been hit with another class action relating to the AUSTRAC scandal. The class action, brought by Johnson Winter & Slattery, has been filed on behalf of certain shareholders who acquired interest in Westpac securities or equity ...

Life insurers breach own code consistently

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
Law firm Maurice Blackburn has called out the life insurance industry, saying insurers breached their Code of Practice hundreds of times in just six months. The Life Code Compliance Committee (LCCC) conducted an investigation and found many insurers ...

ATO cracks down on SMSFs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... because it is correlated to illegal early release scheme - those who have participated in such a scheme are unlikely to lodge a tax return. The assets under management for the top 100 SMSFs hit $8 billion last year, so tax planning in that group is a ...

ATO clamps down on auditor number misuse

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
An auditing discussion at the SMSF Association's annual conference turned to the ATO's recent efforts to stamp out SMSFs lying about audits and misusing auditor numbers. Super Sphere director Belinda Aisbett, Elite Super director Katrina Fletcher ...

QSuper member drags board to court, loses

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
A member dragged the $113 billion QSuper's board to court over treatment of an insurance claim but had the appeal thrown out. Queensland resident Daniel Chapman went to the Federal Court wanting QSuper to pay him a greater interest on a delayed ...