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Countplus searches for new CFO

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
Countplus' chief financial officer has resigned during a period of transformation and lower reported earnings at the financial services firm. John Collier will depart in November after two years with the firm. Countplus' board said it will commence ...

ASIC flags stronger adviser surveillance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2017
About $618.8 million was paid in compensating and remediating corporate misconduct in the six months to June - almost a fourfold increase on the second half of 2016. During the period, ASIC removed 23 individuals from working in financial service; commenced ...

Class and Countplus partner

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
... partnership deals with Class from two boutique SMSF service providers - A.S.A.P. Advice and Super Know How - to help scale audit and compliance services. The partnerships, announced last month, were said to help clients reduce the cost of complying with ...

Melbourne to host SMSF expo

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
Melbourne will host the Self-Managed Super Fund Expo next year, bringing together critical players in the SMSF space. New clients considering setting up an SMSF will have the chance to meet superannuation service providers, trustees and industry experts. ...

Technology and mergers threaten insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
One-in-two insurers are experiencing a 'sink-or-swim mentality' in an industry undergoing rapid technological changes and facing the competitive threat of up-and-coming insurtechs. These are the findings from the inaugural insurance industry report ...

Aussie banks cleared of Wells Fargo-type conduct

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
... account opening and activation controls, record keeping, and change of address processes in relation to CCI. Following the audit findings, ASIC has announced it will be working with the banking industry and consumer advocates to improve sales practices ...

Advice business offers enforceable undertaking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... concerns cited by the regulator included the discovery of outdated policies and procedures, with ASIC labelling FIA's file audit process as 'deficient'. In the EU documents the regulator said FIA had failed to comply with financial services law by failing ...

SMSF auditors merge

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
Two leading self-managed superannuation fund auditors have announced their intention to merge. ASF Audits, an Adelaide-based SMSF Auditor with more than 20 years' experience working with financial advisers, will merge with Super Auditors - a Newcastle ...

AMP Capital appoints independent directors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... a non-executive director on other boards including Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, and the Finance and Audit Committee of the University of Sydney. Rowe is a former solicitor and partner at Herbert Smith Freehills where he led the securitisation ...

ASIC audits limited AFSLs

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
ASIC recently audited 20 limited AFSL holders to assess how they were faring with their obligations following the removal of an exception for accountants to give advice on SMSFs in July last year. ASIC found licensees were uncertain about steps they ...