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Advice from Shartru failed best interests duty, ASIC says

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023
... ASIC said. Under the conditions, Shartru must engage an independent consultant to review and make recommendations on its audit processes. The independent consultant must also review a sample of advice, audits, and pre-vets and report on the efficacy ...

NGS ahead of schedule on net zero strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
NGS Super is making faster-than-expected progress towards its goal of achieving a carbon neutral portfolio by 2030. Measurement of carbon intensity in the NGS Diversified MySuper portfolio fell by nearly 20% between 30 June 2021 and 30 June 2022, around ...

Industry grapples with looming cyber threats

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023
... teams, or what I call 'rebooting the humans', and the third area is being able to provide proof. For example, undertaking an audit or being able to demonstrate competence," he says. Jack also reminds practice owners to consider supply chain risks with ...

ASIC continues to reprimand SMSF auditors

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2023
... imposed on their SMSF auditor registration. These involve undertaking professional development, independent reviews of their audit files and tools, and notifying their professional association of the conditions. Additionally, 413 SMSF auditors have had ...

Equipsuper adds board director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
... Australia and annual revenues of $500 million - Rural Funds Management, Catholic Schools NSW, and Screen Canberra. He is also an audit committee member for the Cultural Facilities Corporation that manages the Canberra Theatre Group, the Canberra Museum ...

Adviser demand up as industry turns corner: Recruiter

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
... $140,000-$150,000 plus bonus for achieving client retention and revenue targets, plus gateway measures (such as compliance, audit, PD, teamwork etc.). Employers are increasingly willing to structure advisers' overall earnings linked to the financial ...

Maple-Brown Abbott names risk chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
... frameworks, monitoring and regulatory reporting. Reporting to chief executive and managing director Sophia Rahmani and the audit, risk and compliance committee chair, Birrell will also join the firm's senior management team. Before landing at Maple-Brown ...

Waypoint REIT cops $27.1m devaluation

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2023
The Waypoint REIT revealed a net reduction in portfolio value of $27.1 million or approximately 1% in ASX filings. Half-year investment portfolio valuations were carried out on 78 properties and directors' valuations on 324 properties which resulted ...

Institutions must raise the bar on cybersecurity resilience: APRA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2023
... playbooks had limited plausible distribution scenarios. The fifth gap unearthed by the regulator related to limited internal audit reviews of information security controls. It said findings indicated that internal audit assessments of third-party information ...

AMP loses BOLR changes class action

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
... businesses were being downgraded based on standards and processes that didn't actually exist at the time of the original audit. Then-AMP chief executive Francesco De Ferrari said at the time that the group was looking to recalculate multiples offered ...