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AMP director retires

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... business to Resolution Life, however, he will retire from both the AMP Limited and AMP Bank boards, as well as the firm's Risk, Audit and Remuneration Committees. Rahoul Chowdry, who joined AMP's board at the beginning of the year, will now assume the ...

Financial regulators poised for action

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
Australia's financial regulators stand ready to take a range of actions to ensure the effective operation of financial markets, including the relaxation of some regulatory requirements and the acceleration of outstanding customer remediation. As ...

HUB24 appoints interim chief financial officer

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... this time. Last is currently a non-executive director of ASX-listed Mainstream Group Holdings and is also the chair of its audit and risk committee. Previously, Last served as the chief financial officer at NAB Asset Management, where she led the team ...

Investment firm nabs former BlackRock fundie

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... experience of the existing board." Carter will replace Aylward as a member on each board's sub-committees, including APN RE's audit, risk and compliance committee.

ANZ Australia risk chief exits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... advisory services at PwC. Rixon appeared before the Royal Commission in April 2018 and was questioned over a compliance audit of three of ANZ's financial advice groups - ANZ Financial Planning, RI Advice and Millennium3. The audit found 5% of advice ...

ASIC turns up the heat on enforcement

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
One year on from a Royal Commission lambasting, ASIC is continuing to increase its efforts to chasten large institutions for misconduct, latest enforcement activity numbers show. In its latest six monthly report into its enforcement and regulatory work ...

TAL executive jumps to MLC Life

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... said Kent will lead both the finance and actuarial teams and will have accountability for financial management and internal audit strategies, systems, controls and governance frameworks to ensure continued compliance with industry and regulatory standards. ...

ATO cracks down on SMSFs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
Delegates to the SMSF Association's annual conference have heard of the uptick in enforcements against SMSFs this financial year. Speaking at the conference, ATO assistant commissioner - SMSF Segment Dana Fleming said that in the financial year ...

ATO clamps down on auditor number misuse

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... audience member said he responded after finding a "shonky" fund claiming he audited it. Fletcher found tax returns with audit reports falsified for an SMSF with her name and signature forged on them. Whoever did the forgery went so far as to find Fletcher's ...

SMSFs interrupted in 2019: SuperConcepts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
In providing a technical update, SuperConcepts general manager of technical services Peter Burgess has said many of the reforms set to impact SMSFs proposed last year are still yet to eventuate. Speaking at the 2020 SMSF Association conference, Burgess ...