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NSW universities face $4.3bn in super liabilities

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
The New South Wales auditor-general has cited a "critical need" for NSW universities to negotiate funding arrangements for superannuation liabilities with the Australian Government, after an audit of the state's 10 universities. The affected schemes ...

APRA: Third line of defence in Trio-style fraud

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
While accepting that the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority could have done more, deputy chairman Ross Jones has moved to distance the regulator from the Trio disaster, placing the blame with trustees and auditors. "APRA's prudential supervision ...

Centro MCS proposes DPF wind-up

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
... the total. The class action was launched by Slater and Gordon and Maurice Blackburn against both Centro Group and its auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers more than four years ago. Investors accused Centro of misleading and deceptive conduct by not disclosing ...

Shorten locks down accountant timeline

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten has committed to a two week deadline for legislation surrounding the role of accountants in the advice industry, in addition to reaffirming his plans to raise contribution caps. Speaking at the Self-Managed Super ...

Cavendish MD named SPAA chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
Andrew Hamilton will succeed Sharyn Long as chair of SPAA for a fixed two year period, in addition to his current role as managing director for SMSF administrator, Cavendish Superannuation. The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia ...

SPAA SMSF award winners announced

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... managed super investors," said McDonald. Two awards were given for top scores achieved in SPAA 2011 exams; the specialist auditor award went to Terri Scott, a sole practitioner while Kevin McFadden of Cavendish Superannuation won the SPAA Specialist ...

Astarra auditor banned for three years

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
Astarra Strategic Fund auditor, Timothy Frazer, is prevented from auditing companies for three years, after ASIC accepted an enforceable undertaking that he would not act as a registered company auditor during that time. The Australian Securities and ...

SMSFs dominating super assets

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
The peak body for SMSFs has welcomed the latest Australian Tax Office statistics which show SMSF assets have grown at twice the rate of total super industry assets in the past five years to June 30 2010. According to the "Self Managed Super Funds: a ...

SMSF sector tackling misconceptions

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... announced that the number of SMSF professionals who achieved SPAA's SMSF Specialist Advisor (SSA) and SMSF Specialist Auditor (SSAud) status over the past 12 months grew by 65%. The number of SSAs alone grew 62% or by 384 advisers to 1004.

ASIC cancels two financial services licences

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... named 21st Century Investment Services Pty Ltd. ASIC charges included that the firm didn't appoint a registered company auditor, failed to lodge annual audited financial statements and auditor's reports, didn't comply with the obligation to notify ASIC ...