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Treasury Group buys ex-Macquarie boutique

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
... expected to be completed in the coming months. It will also provide a range of support services to ROC including risk and compliance, accounting and operational support services. Upon completion it is expected that the chief executive of Treasury Group ...

Synchron recruits admin staff to cope with adviser demand

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
Synchron has recruited administration and compliance staff to assist with an increase in adviser applications to join the dealer group. At least 34 individual advisers have applied to join Synchron in over a month, following the group's decision to ...

ASIC approves Managed Accounts IPO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... administration," Sharp said. "The company has a number of distinct advantages including integrated technology, operations and compliance; competitive pricing; and significant exposure to the burgeoning self-managed superannuation market''. The board ...

SMSFs need no more regulation: Treasury

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... regulation, providing freedom for trustees to engage more closely with their superannuation. "Continuation of the light-touch compliance framework allows individuals to take greater responsibility over their decisions without being subject to the requirements ...

ATO takes over SME super clearing house

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... potentially eligible to sign up. Treasury has also engaged in further work to better understand the superannuation compliance cost concerns of small business employers and to develop further options to reduce these costs.

ATO issues warning ahead of tax haven crackdown

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... banking data exchanged automatically and the G20 promoting global tax transparency. This initiative does not change the compliance action being undertaken on an ongoing and consistent basis. "These actions, plus enhanced information exchange mechanisms ...

ATO initiative raises $640 million from wealthy Australians

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO)'s voluntary compliance initiative has exceeded expectations, raising $640 million from wealthy Australians since it was launched four years ago. Following the success of the scheme the ATO announced it has received ...

Industry receives FoFA bill with mixed feelings

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... existing legislation had the potential to be too broad in its application, to create uncertainty and to cause a high compliance burden for financial advisers." "SPAA does not agree with the criticism that the changes to the BID have inherently weakened ...

FoFA introduced into parliament with some tweaks

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... debate the bills, the government should bring together key stakeholders to find a sustainable outcome that reduces compliance costs without compromising key consumer protections. Such an outcome is achievable if common sense prevails," he said. "In particular ...

SEC prioritises cybersecurity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... whether companies are managing their financial and operational risks". John Mutch, CEO of BeyondTrust, a security and compliance solutions specialist, wrote in Forbes magazine that cybersecurity requires an 'all or nothing' approach. Manual processes ...