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Bus operator fails to pay super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
A Gold Coast tour bus operator accused of failing to pay the superannuation guarantee to two workers from non-English speaking backgrounds will face court over thousands of dollars of alleged underpayments. A driver for AVA Travel contacted the Fair ...

Sydney firm sees AFSL cancelled

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2017
ASIC cancelled the Australian Financial Services Licence of Sydney based insurance company Core Insurance for failing to lodge financial statements and auditor reports for two years. Core Insurance, which trades as Ferme, has held its AFSL since October ...

ASIC imposes $40,000 penalty

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
... (AOP) systems. "Although Pershing tested the operation of the filters in the test environment, Pershing was negligent in failing to test whether the connection had been mapped in accordance with Pershing's instructions in the production environment," ...

Brandon Capital to build largest Commonwealth VC fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... managing director Jeremy Curnock Cook said that too often Australian ideas "struggle to bridge that second valley of death," failing to find the capital necessary for commercialisation. "What is required is not just more money but an investment approach ...

Archaic gender rules mask super benefits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
Superannuation funds are failing to effectively engage LGBTI members due to antiquated rules on gender identity, and the need for reform is growing. Addressing the recent FPA Professionals Congress in Perth, high-profile transgender Catherine McGregor ...

ANZ has little time for robo-advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... strategy for transforming the business' culture. Elliott said that the bank's conglomerate presence in the past caused a failing in terms of visibility across all aspects of the business, saying that the complex structure of the organisation meant there ...

Former Sentinel adviser slapped with ban

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... received from insurers. Through providing such advice Beckton: Failed to act in the best interests of his clients by: - Failing to conduct a reasonable investigation of their existing superannuation and insurance products - Giving them advice that may ...

CommSec pays $200,000 penalty

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
CommSec has paid a $200,000 infringement notice penalty after failing to apply a holder record lock to the accounts of a deceased client and entering into unauthorised market transactions following the client's death. The Markets Disciplinary Panel ...

Ageing boards problematic: ACSI

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... be ensuring they have sufficient diversity on a number of other fronts - or risk falling behind their competitors and failing to attract investor capital," Davidson said. Last year 21% of ASX200 directorships were held by women, with that number increasing ...

Self-auditing SMSF auditor caught in ASIC breach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... both a member and the trustee. Jarjoura is also guilty of breaching the requirements of Australian auditing standards by failing to adopt appropriate procedures for properly maintaining audit documentation. Jarjoura was referred to ASIC by the Australian ...