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Queensland-based AFSL suspended

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... not meeting its obligations as a licensee. The regulator said Financial Options Pty Ltd failed to lodge its accounts and audit report for the year ending 30 June 2018, have a dispute resolution system and maintain organisational competence or the resources ...

Beware dodgy auditors, sudden CFO moves: Plato

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
Retirement income specialist investment manager Plato Investment Management has hinted at its proprietary system for monitoring the red flags that might indicate a company's share price is about to tank. Plato has created a system for monitoring more ...

First carbon neutral super fund named

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
The Federal Department of Environment and Energy has certified a $50 billion superannuation fund as Australia's first carbon neutral fund. HESTA is the first super fund to be certified carbon neutral for emissions produced from its operations. Chief ...

Former Equip chief joins Cbus

KARREN VERGARA, KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... 2013 as a risk manager and moved on to become general manager and head of risk management. He previously managed internal audit risk consulting at KPMG Australia for eight years. Walker joins from Victoria's Department of Health and Human Services ...

YBR to remediate wealth clients

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... time limits prescribed by the Corporations Act. YBR said it made a provision for $928,000 and is conducting an internal audit of records and will contact affected clients. According to ASIC, fee disclosure statement obligations require advice providers ...

LIC announces board changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... the joint chief executive of Centuria Capital, retires after five years of service. McBain relinquishes his seat on the audit and risk committee, and will also step down as chair of the nominations and corporate governance committee. Eamonn Roles replaces ...

IOOF establishes super trustee office

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... the firm appointed Bank Australia director Michelle Somerville as an independent non-executive director from October 1. An audit partner at KPMG Australia for nearly 14 years, Somerville also sits on the board of real estate investment trust GPT Group. ...

Salary sacrifice loophole bill insufficient: ISA

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... insufficient monitoring and lack of enforcement of SG non-payment by the ATO is another key cause, with the Australian National Audit Office noting in its 2015 audit of the ATO, "the SG Scheme operates largely without the intervention of the ATO". ISA ...

ASIC to crack down on platform fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
... for the names of policies and procedures used by individual platforms to prepare fee disclosure statements and monitor and audit compliance with fee disclosure obligations. This included requiring platforms to disclose how they prepare renewal notices ...

ATO warns of SMSF concentration risk

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
... decisions. "We'll also ask trustees to have their documentation ready for their SMSF's approved auditor for their next audit to help the auditor form an opinion on the fund's compliance with these requirements," it said. Diversification is ...