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SMSFA collaborates for education program

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
The SMSF Association has partnered with the University of Adelaide to offer SMSF specialists across a range or professional disciplines an SMSF graduate certificate. The course will offer four subjects: SMSF best practice, understanding SMSF trustees ...

Deloitte Digital appoints Asia-Pacific commerce director

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
... Asia-Pacific region currently being enjoyed in the US and across Europe, the Middle East and Africa." Deloitte provides audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services to public and private clients spanning multiple industries.

ASIC hands Allegianz six month suspension

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
ASIC has placed a six month suspension on Melbourne-based Allegianz's Australian Financial Services Licence (ASFL) for failing to comply with a number of key obligations. In a statement the regulator said that Allegianz had failed to lodge auditor reports ...

Kaplan and SMSFA launch postgrad qualification

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
Kaplan Professional has launched a postgraduate qualification in self-managed superannuation funds which it has called the first of its kind in Australia. The financial services training and education provider has expanded its qualification offering ...

July 1 will end the "amateur" SMSF era

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... SMSF advice after July 1 increasingly difficult. Coupled with the higher entry requirements for SMSF auditors and higher audit fees coming into effect at the same time, and Wiseman predicts many SMSF trustees will re-evaluate whether the self-managed ...

ANZ appoints PwC for OnePath compliance review

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
ANZ has appointed PwC to conduct an independent review of its compliance processes in its OnePath businesses. ASIC raised concerns following ANZ breach reports in 2013 to 2015 regarding life and general insurance, superannuation and funds management ...

Ignition Wealth appoints investment committee chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... Ignition Wealth Advisory Board. Capra adds these roles to his current duties as non-executive director and member of the audit committee at Suncorp Portfolio Services, non-executive director and adviser at Millinium Capital Managers, and non-executive ...

Fraser Review compounds board independence impasse

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... binding set of requirements." Former Sunsuper chief financial officer and current independent director and chair of the audit and risk committee at Nambawan Super Limited (Papua New Guinea), Bruce Wilson, says in the medium term the best outcome is "probably ...

Energy Super appoints new board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... Skarott was nominated by Ergon, while Flanagan was nominated by Master Electricians Australia. Both sit on Energy Super's audit, compliance and risk committee. The Energy Super board of directors features four employer representatives, four member representatives ...

Regulators coordinating efforts to protect super

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
Australia's financial services regulators have committed to coordinating their efforts to ensure that professionals working in the country's self-managed superannuation sector are acting as they should do. In a panel session at the SMSF Association ...