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ASIC issues digital disclosure guidance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... innovative communication styles such as those incorporating interactive multi-media, said ASIC in a statement. ASIC Commissioner John Price said, "This can boost consumer understanding of financial services and products." "The measures announced today ...

Government to review ASIC

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... "recommendations on ASIC's regulatory framework or powers." Its panel currently comprises Productivity Commission commissioner Karen Chester as chair, as well as former Queensland Treasury chief executive Mark Gray and Madgwicks Lawyers partner David ...

American IRAs not super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... Individual Retirement Account (IRA) is not a superannuation fund for Australian Tax Purposes. In the case of Baker and Commissioner of Taxation, tribunal senior member Frank O'Loughlin was faced with deciding whether an IRA is a foreign superannuation ...

IFAs to benefit from ASIC SME focus

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
ASIC commissioner Greg Tanzer has highlighted the regulator's expanding role in the SME registration space. Speaking at the National Council of Small Business Australia Conference in Sydney, Tanzer noted that small businesses, with fewer than 20 employees ...

HESTA manager to study women in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... The fund has a long history of advocating for greater super equity for women and the lower paid. Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Elizabeth Broderick, said Australia needs to start and sustain a conversation about superannuation equity measures. "Advocates ...

ASIC bans auditor and adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... popularity with Australian investors, it is critical that approved SMSF auditors perform their role adequately," said ASIC commissioner John Price. "ASIC will continue to work with the ATO in acting to identify and remove auditors whose audit quality ...

Queensland director banned for two years

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... effective and as a result, the Paladin Monetizer Fund has been unable to meet its compliance obligations with ASIC. ASIC Commissioner Greg Tanzer said Responsible Entities are entrusted with property that belongs to others and accordingly are held to ...

Superannuation specialist joins Catholic Super

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... trustee secretarial services/corporate governance and end to end sales. She has a Diploma of Financial Planning, is a Commissioner for Declarations, an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) member and a member of the Queensland Justice ...

Macquarie refunds $5.5m after 13-year system errors

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... ASIC. Where errors do occur, entities must identify and appropriately rectify them as soon as possible," said ASIC commissioner Greg Tanzer. "ASIC will work with entities who report issues to us to ensure consumers are compensated in a timely, effective ...

Ghost fund flogger banned

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... returns with low risk. "The law requires that financial products and services be offered by licensed businesses," ASIC Commissioner Greg Tanzer said.