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Advice chief leaves industry fund giant

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... Somerville also ended her long-term relationship with the fund, bringing to a close more than four years as a consultant to its audit, risk and compliance committee. Somerville was replaced by former Deloitte partner Sarah Woodhouse, who joins the firm ...

Former State Super investments chief returns

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... January 2018. About six months later, Rasmussen joined the trustee board of Equipsuper, serving on the board's investment and audit, risk and compliance committees until October last year, when the fund merged with Catholic Super. She stayed on at the ...

Future Fund falls 3.4% in March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... of the fiscal year in June, we will go through the normal process of valuing our assets which will go through the normal audit process as well," Arndt said. He also quashed speculation about the $167 billion fund stepping in to help the government fund ...

Please be aware of the nearest exit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... of this or defer debt will be of far greater concern." Gammel also said another ongoing concern for companies subject to audit this year, and how they intend to report the effects of the pandemic. "All listed entities have disclosure requirements, which ...

SMSFs granted annual return extension

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
SMSFs have been granted an extension to the lodgement of annual returns to the ATO to June. The ATO said it made the decision in the wake of the financial effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. "The requirement for an SMSF to appoint an auditor 45 days before ...

SMSF auditors come under fire

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... has ordered Cuthbertson to undertake a peer review process for his audits, complete further study (including ethics and audit) and pass a SMSF competency exam. Heasman also must undertake a peer review process for his audits to "certify to ASIC that ...

Dealer group AFSL in limbo

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
The suspension of MyPlanner Professional Services' AFSL is on ice as the Administrative Appeals Tribunal reviews ASIC's decision. It comes after the corporate watchdog suspended the advisory firm's AFS licence on February 12 on the grounds ...

ASIC winds up three financial services companies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... period. The regulator said the firm has failed to obtain membership of AFCA and had breached its financial reporting and audit obligations. Financial Standard could not obtain any further information on My Wealth Adviser.

Count Financial bolsters leadership team

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
The former head of compliance and professional standards at IOOF has joined the leadership team of Count Financial. Phil Creswell joins Count Financial as its new head of professional standards from April 14. Creswell previously worked with Countplus ...

ASIC cancels slew of AFSLs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
ASIC has cancelled the AFSLs of three firms, including that of former advice dealer group MyPlanner. The regulator has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of the licensee formerly known as MyPlanner Australia. The Gold Coast-based licensee ...