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Advice disciplinary body delayed

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
Financial advisers will have to wait until June 2021 for the long-awaited disciplinary body that is purported to professionalise the industry. Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology, Senator Jane Hume flagged ...

Clients value advice during pandemic

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
Many advised clients are sticking with their financial planners as COVID-19 tests the resilience of practices, according to Investment Trends. The latest study from the research house surveyed nearly 700 financial advisers in May at the height of the ...

Boe Pahari steps down

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... board." Murray's replacement, Hazelton, originally joined the AMP board in June 2019 and is a member of the remuneration, audit, nomination and risk committees. At the same time, she was appointed to the AMP Bank board and is a member of its audit ...

ASIC cracks down on 42 SMSF auditors

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... imposed on a further six. It comes after ASIC found a number of SMSF auditors had not maintained an appropriate level of audit experience, with all 42 auditors against whom the watchdog acted not having issued any SMSF audit reports over the past five ...

Tax fraud goes from paradise to prison

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... shareholders were put in before the company was wound up leaving the entities without the means to pay the tax liabilities. A civil audit commenced in 2000 after a tip off from a tax agent and was then was referred to the AFP which commenced criminal ...

SG amnesty deadline nears

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
The ATO this week has put Australian businesses on notice, as the amnesty allowing employers to disclose and reimburse previously unpaid superannuation - dating back to 1 July 1992 - fast approaches its closing date. To take up the amnesty, employers ...

ERS scheme referred to Auditor-General

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... took to Twitter to explain his decision to refer the matter to the Auditor-General. "I've asked the Australian National Audit Office to investigate the administration of the government's super access scheme which has been marred by fraud, blowouts and ...

APRA spells out unlisted asset valuation standards

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... be reviewed by the internal staff and they would also be reviewed by either or both of the investment committee and the audit committee and put to the board for final sign off of the financial statements." Rowell said if they had any concerns about the ...

AMP Capital names real estate head replacement

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... development projects on behalf of wholesale investors. Prior to AMP Capital, she held a number of senior fund management, audit and advisory roles at Lendlease and Arthur Andersen. O'Connor said she was pleased to be appointed to lead the real estate ...

Wealth manager takes massive profit hit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020
... underlying profit around the $300 million mark. The company noted the results are still being finalised and subject to an audit review. AMP said the results have been impacted by a range of factors, including market volatility and a credit loss provision ...