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Perpetual appoints head of risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... to the new role of head of risk, a spokesperson has confirmed. Proto first joined Perpetual as senior manager, internal audit in 2010 and took on the lead internal audit role in 2016. He has also held senior audit roles with ING and PricewaterhouseCoopers. ...

Advice practices urged to contact ombudsman

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell is calling on small business financial advice practices to share their experiences. Carnell wants to hear from those small and family enterprises being pushed out by financial ...

ASIC zeroes in on SMSF auditors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
... South Wales auditor Richard Hennessy is now required to have his audits reviewed by another SMSF auditor. He can no longer audit funds where there are independence threats "irrespective of the safeguards" after ASIC found deficiencies in his ability ...

Afterpay slides in global fintech rankings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
... into the top 50, dropping 21 places from its 2018 ranking to reach 47th. In June AUSTRAC went after the firm, ordering an audit of its compliance with the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing Act (AML/CTF), with a final report due later ...

RI Advice faces ASIC action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019
... RI Advice received a complaint about Doyle. Still, RI Advice did not apply any enhanced supervision of Doyle, failing to audit any of his files until February 2015 - almost two years after he initially joined. When it did audit his files, the group allowed ...

AustralianSuper adds former PwC partner to board

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... outcome." She has previously held governance roles at CareSuper and SAS Trustees Corporation (NSW) as director and chair of the audit committee. She was also the deputy chair of Victorian Managed Insurance Authority (VIMA) where she also chaired the ...

WiseTech short could impact super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
... former employees who reported much lower organic growth." The short seller said WiseTech is able to shield subsidiaries from audit scrutiny through a deed of cross guarantee. "WiseTech's Australian subsidiaries, through which much of the international ...

AUSTRAC orders audit of PayPal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
AUSTRAC has ordered the appointment of an external auditor to look into PayPal Australia in relation to "ongoing concerns" about its compliance with financial crime laws. The financial intelligence agency said the concerns relate to PayPal Australia's ...

Industry Fund Services adopts regtech solution

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... called SAMI - Surveillance and Monitoring Intelligence - which is designed to aid licensee oversight of advice quality and audit effectiveness. Instead of a traditional, manual compliance review of only a sample of client financial planning files, an ...

Changes at helm for Perpetual

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... its people. The board wishes them all the very best in their future endeavours." Bullock had been a member of Perpetual's audit, risk and compliance committee and people and remuneration committee. "[Bullock] has brought extensive experience of technology ...