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BT upgrades Asgard and BT Wrap ahead of FoFA

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
... "We will continue to work closely with advisers to ensure our products and platforms are well placed to meet their compliance obligations and we support them to build a sustainable business to operate successfully in a post-FoFA world," Power said.

FPSA makes senior appointment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... bringing with her experience in Financial Planning Operations, Training, Strategic Projects, Strategy and Planning, and Compliance," head of netwealth Advice Group Simon Micallef said. "The new executive team is well placed to implement the change program ...

ATO release another SMSF self help guide

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... million people that have SMSFs are pushing the ATO as regulator to become a soft touch educator rather than rely on compliance monitoring as its principle weapon. Other titles are 'Thinking about self-managed super', 'Setting up a self-managed super ...

ASIC sends warning to property spruikers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... spruikers and the action we've taken against Mr George should serve as a timely warning of ASIC's intention to ensure compliance with the law," Kell said.

Number of instos prioritising risk doubles since GFC

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... identified the important role played by a senior risk committee or governance body that brings together senior risk, compliance and audit representatives. The survey suggested that these committees were linked with better risk awareness, better quality ...

ASIC warns planners, be careful who you hire

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... importance of thorough recruitment checks to avoid hiring sub-standard representatives. 'Generally, licensees have good compliance and governance standards and ensure representatives go through rigorous checking before taking them on. However, we want ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... about what MySuper will mean for Australia's financial services industry and the critical documents for SMSF pension compliance. Our back page profile is Justin Arter, managing director at BlackRock. You can read them on your iPad by downloading Financial ...

CareSuper releases direct investment option

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... costs and trustee obligations. "Many investors attracted to establishing a SMSF have little understanding of ongoing compliance costs and the severe fines they potentially face if they don't comply with a raft of complex regulatory requirements," CareSuper ...

Superfund Wholesale's new tool cuts SMSF set-up to 20 mins

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... the advisor recommending a self managed super fund and the administrator looking after the initial setup and ongoing compliance. "The SMSF iSystem is an easy to use application, which can reduce the time to completely set up a SMSF, to under 20 minutes," ...

Accountants replaced by Cloud technology

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... Accounting firms doing the work directly for their clients," sProactive Accountants Network chief executive Rob Nixon said. "Compliance is being commoditised with these tools. You can go to accountants' websites right now and see packaged compliance ...