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Aviva commences proceedings against Centrepoint

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
Aviva Asia has commenced court proceedings against Centrepoint Alliance, the latter revealed in an ASX statement. According to Aviva's writ of summons and statement of claim, Centrepoint's former Singaporean subsidiary, Fifth Floor, breached a 2012 ...

ASIC accepts ClearView adviser EU

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking from a ClearView Financial Advice representative. Jason Churchill traded as Churchill Consulting Services. ASIC found that he made recommendations to clients without considering their "relevant personal circumstances" ...

Former Mercer consultant launches research platform

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
... delivers a data-driven research platform." The platform allows side by side comparison of managers, and has monitoring and audit capabilities. The CRM allows research teams to track due dates, notes, and progress, fostering higher levels of team productivity ...

Financial services among top taxpayers

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... closely investigated by the ATO. The commissioner said more than half of the 1500 companies have been subject to ATO review or audit over the past three years. "Historically, we raise additional assessments of about $2 billion each year through our compliance ...

More CBA-aligned advisers under scrutiny

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
Client files of an additional 17 advisers at Commonwealth Financial Planning (CFPL) and Financial Wisdom (FWL) are to be reviewed for potential inclusion in a compensation program. This is the key finding in KordaMentha Forensic's second report on past ...

Third SMSF auditor banned

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has continued its crackdown on self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditors, disqualifying a third person in as many days. James Dermody of New South Wales is disqualified from being an ...

AMP director retires, Wesfarmers director appointed

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... Strategy&. Fegan retired on November 30, having joined the AMP board in August 2009. He was chair of AMP Bank and AMP's audit committee. Prior to that, he was chief executive at St George as well as group managing director, strategy and corporate services ...

ASIC bans another SMSF auditor

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
ASIC has permanently banned an auditor from providing services to self-managed superannuation funds. Based in Sydney, Abe Samuel was found to have breached independence requirements by the regulator, specifically by auditing a fund of which he was a ...

SMSF auditor disqualified

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... that his statements were made for the purpose of causing ASIC to erroneously accept that he had no understanding of the audit work that had been undertaken and the findings made as a result of that audit work. Abichandani has lodged an application with ...

New mobile broking platform launched in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... system provided great advantages for the firm and its clients. "TradeCentre is a more intuitive product with outstanding audit and compliance capabilities," Ransom said. "Obviously the more efficiently we're able to trade, the better the results for ...