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Industry funds blame ATO for super underpayment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
Industry superannuation funds are blaming inadequate compliance measures by the Australian Taxation Office for the chronic underpayment of super contributions by employers. At a Senate inquiry in Melbourne today, Industry Super Australia (ISA) stated ...

FIIG appoints acting managing director

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
Fixed income broker FIIG Securities appointed founding director Jim Stening to acting managing director, pending the appointment of a new chief executive. Stening's appointment follows a decision by current managing director and chief executive Mark ...

AAT upholds adviser appeal against ASIC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal upheld an appeal by Tony Davidof, a former Macquarie Equities accredited derivatives adviser, against the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. In 2015, ASIC banned Davidof from providing financial services ...

Pillar CEO departs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
Mercer's acquisition of Pillar Administration is in full swing with the latter's chief executive leaving the company this week. Peter Brook was chief executive of the former state-owned superannuation administration firm for about four years from 2013. ...

Wealth firm releases planning app Nettshell

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
Brisbane-based wealth management company Collins Mann Financial Management released an app which they say will keep financial planners honest. In an interview with Financial Standard, Collins Mann Financial Management (CMFM) co-director Mark Collins ...

CPA creates planner education solution

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
Participants who complete four new financial planning subjects under a program from Certified Practicing Accountants Australia will have the knowledge requirements to attain RG 146. According to the CPA Australia website, the Financial Planning Fundamentals ...

Xero chair resigns to advise Trump

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
Xero chairman Chris Liddell will resign from the firm's board to take up a position as an aide to United States President-elect Donald Trump. The financial services software provider told the ASX that Liddell notified the company of his need to step ...

Second Sydney airport lacking investment return

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
Sydney Airport is unlikely to participate in building a second airport at 'Badgerys Creek' due to an extremely low return on investment in the early years, leaving questions over which infrastructure investors will commit to the project. A Standard ...

FPA expels cheating member

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
The FPA has expelled a NAB-aligned member after he was found to have cheated on his CFP exam. A hearing of the association's Conduct Review Commission (CRC) found senior financial planner Shylesh Sriranjan breached the FPA Code of Professional Practice ...

Real estate manager revamps Aussie presence

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2017
An international real estate investment manager is increasing its operations in Australia with the appointment of a head of investment. Joining Savills Investment Management is former GE Capital Real Estate head of asset management Lee Tredwell. In ...