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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 ...

Super fund chief in Paris for climate talks

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
Catholic Super chief executive and Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) chair Frank Pegan will commit support from Australian and New Zealand institutional investors for sound climate policies at the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference ...

Super guarantee charge bundled by red tape repeals

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
... Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Cbus have opposed the SGC amendments citing Australian National Audit Office figures that between 2010 and 2014 the ATO has raised, on average, $640 million in SG charge liabilities (penalties ...

ASIC revenue and investigations decrease in 2015

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
ASIC reduced its total operating expenses by 10% to $312 million in 2014-15. According to the regulator's annual report, this is due to a proportional decrease in government revenue as well as "a general reduction in staff and supplier expenditure." ...

ASFA supports SGC bill with increased ATO resources

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... on average weekly earnings, more for low income earners," the ASFA submission said. It also noted the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) report from June 2015, Promoting Compliance with Superannuation Guarantee Obligations, that highlighted the ...

Dunfo Capital AFSL canceled

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
Dunfo Capital, formerly known as GSM Financial Group, has seen its Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) canceled by ASIC. The financial services company's licence was suspended on February 2015, as ASIC gave Dunfo six months to meet its legal ...

Club Plus Super appoints three senior execs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... joins as head of strategic relationships, Gemma Dooley joins as head of investments and Lindy Hunt joins as head of legal, audit, risk and compliance. It follows chief operating officer Phil Grindley leaving the industry fund after seven years to join ...

PROFILE: BlackRock head of corporate governance Pru Bennett

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
On a quiet afternoon in 2000, Pru Bennett was sitting with the three other partners of proxy advisory firm Corporate Governance International, wondering how they were going to jumpstart the business. "Gee," she remembers thinking, "We just need a few ...