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Some auditors won't be counted

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... all the right details," he said. Under ASIC's new regime self managed super fund auditors need to reach professional standards, have completed a certain amount of audits, have university degrees and pass an exam to be put on a register of approved au ...

SPAA backs limited recourse borrowing rule changes

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... and advised caution on the part of SMSF trustees when considering such arrangements. SPAA education and professional standards director Graeme Colley said that while there is a place for gearing strategies to help people grow their retirement savings ...

Brett Kenny joins SPAA board

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... look forward to having input into an organisation that has played such a significant role in improving professional standards in the SMSF sector."

ASIC consults on code approval under FOFA

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... Association's (FPA) Code of Professional Practice was also announced yesterday. FPA said it intends to evolve the professional standards of members in line with the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms and the ASIC's RG183 - Consultation Paper 1 ...

Premium acquires stake in the Emerald Club

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... remain independent. "We both have a strong commitment to remaining free of institutional ownership, to professional standards and ethics and concur on how businesses should operate, "said Paul Harding-Davis, chief executive of Premium Wealth Management. ...

FOFA passing causes industry division

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... Australians." While still opposed to opt-in, FPA chief Mark Rantall said the new opt-in reform promotes professional standards while FOFA, as a whole, will propel the industry into a profession. "We now have the opportunity to fast track a fundamental ...

Details still needed on opt-in: ANZ Wealth

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... the term "financial planner" to include only those who met clearly defined levels of qualifications and professional standards.

FSC: Government drops opt-in requirement

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... to administer opt-in without any certainty as to what they require to provide an exemption and what the professional standards will be," Mr Brogden said. "Under a last minute deal between the Financial Planning Association and Industry Super Network ...

Breach in contrib caps should not be taken for revenue: CPA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... penalising people." Andrea Slattery, chief executive officer and Graeme Colley, director of education and professional standards at Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) dialled into the inquiry to urge the inadvertent ...

PIS names new risk manager

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
Steve Quine will be Professional Investment Services' new manager for risk and professional standards, reporting directly to chief executive Pete Walther. Quine was most recently head of professional standards at Financial Services Partners for three ...