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DomaCom appoints state manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... spanning superannuation, funds management, financial planning and wealth management. He is currently conduct review commissioner with the FPA and was for the past five years' strategic business development manager for AMP SMSF. "Chris' appointment comes ...

Avestra fined for breaching takeover laws

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2014
... had acquired a substantial stake in AG Financial Limited and pleaded guilty to breaching takeover provisions. ASIC commissioner Cathie Amour said the identity of major shareholders of a public company should be known to investors. "ASIC expects businesses ...

ASIC acts on 440 SMSF auditors

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2014
... in popularity with Australian investors, it is critical that SMSF auditors play their key gatekeeping role," ASIC commissioner Greg Tanzer said. "ASIC will continue to administer the registration process to assure Australians that SMSF auditors at least ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
This year has been another busy one for the financial servives industry. FoFA remained on the radar and the Financial System Inquiry has the potential to change things in a big way. The Financial Standard team takes a look at the issues that made waves ...

Royal commission must look at 'full picture': TWUSUPER CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... Paul Sayer has questioned the motivation of the Royal Commission into Union Governance and Corruption, urging the commissioner to take a balanced view in his initial findings, which are due out on Monday. Just over a month into the role, the former chief ...

ATO exec leaves to join consulting firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) assistant deputy commissioner for superannuation has left the regulator to join Brisbane-based consultancy firm McPherson Super Consulting. Stuart Forsyth was involved in drafting the ATO ruling on limited recourse borrowing ...

Cbus delivered last blow before RC interim report

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... review to be carried out by former chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Graeme Samuel. The Commissioner is due to hand his interim report to the Governor-General on December 15.

Adviser jailed for two years over $1.5M fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
... shares. Michael King was made eligible for parole, but the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) commissioner John Price said that "jail sentence shows that the court views misconduct by financial advisers very seriously." In September ...

ASIC begins legal action against LM Investment Management

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... development, no plans of subdivision had been registered and none of the proposed housing lots had been sold. ASIC commissioner Greg Tanzer said: "Investors should be able to have confidence that the people responsible for managing their investments ...

Cbus executive denies perjury allegation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... the fact seems either wilful or remarkably imperceptive. He does not impress as a person who lacks astuteness." The Commissioner will publish his initial findings in an interim report on 15 December.