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ASIC recovers $24m for Westpoint victims

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
Westpoint investors in ASIC's class against Glenhurst Corporation will receive their share of $24.5 million recovered to date by the corporate regulator. The Glenhurst settlement, worth $2.5 million, is one of six reached by ASIC on behalf of investors ...

SMSF advisers back FOFA call to upskill

SPAA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
More than 90 per cent of SMSF advisers support raising competency levels through the proposed Future of Financial Advice Reforms - while 6 out of 10 advisers agree SMSF auditors should be registered with ASIC, new research shows. According to the 2010 ...

Art lobby wins fight to keep SMSFs art-friendly

SPAA MEDIA STATEMENT  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
The Federal Government has endorsed the Cooper Review's key MySuper reforms but in a major victory for the art industry and self-managed super fund trustees, it said that it won't adopt the move to ban SMSFs from investing in 'collectables'. The leading ...

More planners gain SMSF cred

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... Advisers (SSA) to 585 with a further 279 advisers due to complete the accreditation. Similarly, demand for specialist auditor accreditation (SSAud) has seen a 330 per cent increase in auditors completing the accreditation. SPAA chief executive Andrea ...

Accounting bodies launch SMSF learning tool

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
CPA Australia has teamed up with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and the National Institute of Accountants to develop a free online training tool for SMSF trustees. The tool, Self Managed Superannuation Fund Trustee Education Program ...

Man charged in multi-million dollar fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... governing and regulatory bodies including the Australian Federal Police, the Ministers of Finance and Administration, the Auditor General, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and ASIC. "It's a matter of public record that 12 people were charged ...

Treasury proposes mandatory governance principles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... criticisms of the role of auditors in recent corporate failures, these appear to raise issues relating to an individual auditor's competence and professional judgement rather than any systemic problem within the auditing profession," said the report. ...

SPAA names award winners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... received the Chairman's award for her work with SPAA. Aside from her role as treasurer, Schaefer is the co-chair of the SPAA Auditor discussion group and is a member of the SPAA regulatory sub committee. Meanwhile, Julie Taylor, sole director at Keep ...

KPMG sounds alarm on admin fraud

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
Super fund trustees must make sure they have the option to audit their administration provider's performance, at short notice, to minimise the risk of fraud, according to KPMG. Speaking at the Self Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia ...

Liar, liar, hedge funds on fire

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... to have longer lock-up and redemption periods, less likely to use external pricing and less likely to have a big four auditor," said Brown. "Other leading indicators are that they misrepresent facts most of the time; there are problems verifying statements ...