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BGL partners with Auditflow

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
Self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) administration software provider BGL has integrated its Simple Fund 360 with Auditflow's auditing software. The integration of the two platforms will allow users to load data from the cloud-based Simple Fund 360 ...

Penalties for fund managers too lenient

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
The penalties dealt out to fund managers who commit fraud are not a severe enough deterrent, according to a senior university lecturer. Dr Pelma Rajapakse of Griffith University was commissioned to write a report by the Australian Centre for Financial ...

Independent trustees fix wrong problem

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
The push for more independent super fund trustees has been spurred by flawed assumptions, reveals new research released by the McKell Institute. In the report 'The Success of Representative Governance on Superannuation Boards' the authors - professor ...

Premium hires former IOOF exec for compliance role

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... businesses, including the Lonsdale dealer group while at IOOF.A He also spent two years at Count Financial as a compliance auditor. Premium chief executive Paul Harding-Davis said: "Johan is part of the new generation of wealth management professionals ...

SMSFs get off lightly in FSI interim report

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
Self-managed superannuation funds look unlikely to face any major regulatory overhauls as a result of the Financial System Inquiry (FSI), recommendations made in the interim report suggest. The FSI interim report dedicated a short section to SMSFs ...

Trio-linked fund manager jailed for 25 months

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
An investment manager with links to Trio Capital has been sentenced to 25 months in prison for making false statements while managing the ARP Growth Fund (ARP). Tony Maher, previously known as Paul Gresham, made the false statements over a two-year ...

$US5b irregularities at China fund, banks

AFP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... ($A5.41 billion) have been found at China's sovereign wealth fund and two large state-owned banks, according to the state auditor, offering a glimpse into the opaque management of government-controlled firms. China Investment Corporation (CIC), Bank ...

PROFILE: J.P. Morgan head of investor services Henry Capra

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... his life, he thought accounting would give him a good grounding for a career in business. Capra's first job was as an auditor at KPMG. While this was a good start, he never found it entirely satisfying. "You leave a job and then you go to the next one. ...

ASIC: no plans for SMSF balance threshold

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has no plans to prevent financial planners from providing advice for self-managed superannuation funds with balances under $100,000. Speaking at the 2014 SPAA SMSF National Conference in Brisbane ...

Ausbil appoints external auditor to investigate fund fees

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
Ausbil Dexia has sought the assistance of an external auditor to investigate technical problems around the fee structure of its Emerging Leaders Fund. Ausbil director of distribution Adam Lancaster confirmed to Financial Standard that the company has ...