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Tax chiefs crack down on tax evasion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
Leaders from five international tax organisations came together in Sydney to review their work in fighting against transnational tax crime, revealing recent action against a global financial institution. The Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement (J5) ...

Blockchain startup raises $68m, ordered to return funds

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... be utilised by investors as a medium of exchange for other products. The US regulator also found the company did not register the ICO tokens as securities as per federal security laws and the ICO did not qualify for an exemption from these legal requirements. ...

Count Financial treads new path

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... first seven months of 2020 has already seen close to 400 advisers exit, Rainmaker analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register shows. "Significant challenges come into play in the 2021 financial year as we move away from grandfathered revenue, reposition ...

ATO clamps down on auditor number misuse

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
An auditing discussion at the SMSF Association's annual conference turned to the ATO's recent efforts to stamp out SMSFs lying about audits and misusing auditor numbers. Super Sphere director Belinda Aisbett, Elite Super director Katrina Fletcher ...

Former Macquarie adviser cops lifetime ban

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... between December 2015 and May 2018 - the entire time he was licensed by Macquarie. After this, the ASIC Financial Adviser Register shows Acworth moved to Shaw and Partners where he worked until 31 December 2019. ASIC said Acworth undertook dishonest ...

Advice industry compresses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
New Rainmaker research reveals the financial advice industry in Australia is in a state of compression - as advisers leave in significant numbers and licensees are squeezed. The number of registered financial advisers decreased 15% last calendar year ...

Where to from here?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... financial advice industry has suffered most. According to Rainmaker analysis, at January end the ASIC Financial Adviser Register showed 23,473 active advisers. In the first week of February 2019 that figure stood at 27,792. That's a drop of 4319 - or ...

Former CFS GAM head in new venture

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... what different, do we need to do to bend the emissions curve, and fast." The update included a call for volunteers to register with the project as well as a fundraising push. Altiorem has attracted $155,000 in seed funding since February 2019 from the ...

ASIC bans former Godfrey Pembroke adviser

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... Tribunal for a stay of the banning order. The application was dismissed by the AAT on January 23. ASIC's Financial Adviser Register shows Cassidy worked for Godfrey Pembroke for almost eight years, having joined the firm in 2011. After leaving in December ...

Major life insurers continue to suffer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
The hits keep coming for Australia's life insurance industry, with new data showing total risk premiums inflows dropped by more than $790 million in the 12 months to September 2019, as major players endured another tough year. Australia's life insurance ...