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ASIC disqualifies two SMSF auditors

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... requirements. The South Australian auditor, John Tretola, was found to have breached his independence requirements of APES 110 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants. He did so by auditing his own fund and a fund for which he was the trustee. The ...

MQA chief executive departs in management restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
... for a fee of $750,000 per month. Once the process is complete, MQA will rebrand as Atlas Arteria and trade under the ticker code "ALX". James Hooke, MQA's current chief executive, will leave his post as part of the transition as he has chosen to stay ...

Lawyers slam life insurers in Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... Blackburn Lawyers' submission to the banking Royal Commission. There have been more than 700 breaches of the Life Insurance Code of Practice in the short time it took effect on 1 July 2017, Maurice Blackburn principal Josh Mennen said. The law firm detailed ...

BetaShares corners market with super-cheap Aussie equities ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... Australia 200 ETF invests in the largest 200 companies listed on the ASX and will trade on the exchange under the ticker code A200. BetaShares noted the 0.07% management cost is half of the current lowest-cost Australian equities ETF on the market, likely ...

FASEA standards still lacking: FPA

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... those advisers that also hold a postgraduate qualification, simply completing a one-unit bridging course covering the new Code of Ethics will be required. With the related fields comprising accounting, financial planning or advice, business, commerce ...

Super fund redesigns insurance offering

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... opened a tender for its new life insurance offering, one which aims to comply with the Insurance in Superannuation Voluntary Code of Practice well ahead of the 2021 deadline. Tasplan chief operations officer Nick Connor said the fund's new insurance ...

Merged super funds save $30m for members

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... more than 55,000 members. Last week, Sunsuper announced it became a signatory of the Insurance in Superannuation Voluntary Code of Practice and will drop TPD insurance premiums for life product members by an average of 20%. From 1 July 2018, Sunsuper ...

PJC doubts life insurance industry can self-regulate

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
... said while it welcomed the industry's two nascent codes of practice, these should be replaced by a government-backed, single code. At minimum, the co-regulatory approach would register codes with ASIC and therefore become mandatory for all industry participants ...

Industry fund signs super code, slashes premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
A $50 billion industry fund is the latest signatory to the Insurance in Superannuation Voluntary Code of Practice, announcing it will drop TPD insurance premiums by an average of 20% at the same time. Signing up to the code from March 31, Sunsuper believes ...

Venerable Aussie asset manager to rebrand

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... reflect changes in ownership. BT Investment Management is proposing to rebrand as Pendal Group and change its ASX ticker code to PDL. Speaking to Financial Standard, BTIM chief executive Emilio Gonzalez said the new name was inspired by the company's ...