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ASIC bans auditor and adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
ASIC has permanently banned an insurance adviser and disqualified an SMSF auditor. Abhinav Gupta provided insurance advice via ACE Insurance's Victorian Combined Insurance division from October 2013 to May 2014. He was not a salaried employee of Combined ...

FEATURE: The infrastructure love story

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
Among the 81 findings in the Australian Infrastructure Audit Report released in April, was a statement that said over recent years, rates of public and private investment in infrastructure have been higher than the long-term average. Yet the audit goes ...

ASIC acts on 440 SMSF auditors

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2014
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) auditors who did not undertake or pass a competency exam necessary to retain their registration have seen their registration cancelled by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). ASIC has also disqualified ...

Age Pension to rise to 70 by 2035

MARK SMITH, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... planning we can address the long-term issues." This is a less generous policy than that recommended by the Commission of Audit Report released yesterday. The commission recommended that the eligibility age for the Age Pension be set not at a fixed age ...

Industry asks for long-term, comprehensive approach to Age Pension

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... to the Age Pension and to the superannuation preservation age, following the release of the National Commission of Audit report. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) admitted the need to improve the long-term sustainability of Australia's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... record by less than two points. Locally in economic news on Thursday, the federal government's National Commission of Audit report is due to be released. The Reserve Bank of Australia will release the April index of commodity prices, the Australian Bureau ...

No decision yet on QIC sale

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
The government Queensland Commission of Audit Report recommendation that the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) be privatised puts the spotlight on the significant funds management businesses that several state governments are now running. The ...

New approved audit forms now available

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
APRA has released the Approved Audit Report Form for superannuation funds with reporting periods commencing on or after 1 July 2012. The regulator noted that the form has been revised to accommodate some strategic changes. These include removal of Part ...

Audit report "disappointing"

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
ASIC boss Greg Medcraft has said that the results of the corporate watchdog's latest audit inspection show a drop in quality and are disappointing. The report for the 18 months to 30 June 2012 covered inspections of 20 Australian audit firms and found ...

ATO stands up for compliant SMSFs on levy use

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
ATO assistant commissioner Stuart Forsyth has told an industry event it is unfair compliant SMSFs have to see a portion of their levy go towards catching out those funds which do not operate properly. Forsyth said the current open registration system ...