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Govt loses, then wins vote on super legislation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
The House of Representatives voted in favour of Opposition amendments designed to ensure at least a third of super fund trustees have to be independent before the government regrouped to rule out the amendment. According to a statement from Opposition ...

Number of instos prioritising risk doubles since GFC

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... role played by a senior risk committee or governance body that brings together senior risk, compliance and audit representatives. The survey suggested that these committees were linked with better risk awareness, better quality risk information, better ...

ASIC warns planners, be careful who you hire

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... licensees for failing to comply with their Australian financial services (AFS) licences. One result of this is that representatives implicated in ASIC's crackdown, are seeking employment with other licensees. ASIC deputy chairman Peter Kell stressed ...

Count eyes accounting firms

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... opportunity for accountants to provide financial advice, and is training 11 accounting firms to become autorised representatives of Count. On July 1, 2013, accountants will be able to provide advice under new conditional Australian Financial Services ...

Opposition and VOFF criticise response to Trio report

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... investment schemes. The Government will implement a response through a Superannuation Regulators Working group with representatives from Treasury, ASIC, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). "This ...

New framework to improve company reporting

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... Byrne, the chief executive of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), one of the Australian representatives at the IIRC. "We encourage all Australian listed companies to participate in the consultation, with a view to adopting the ...

Halifax to fix deficiencies after ASIC review

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... deficiencies under the eyes of ASIC and an external expert. It rethinks significantly the way it monitors its representatives and to create a culture where compliance is central to the services it provides," Gibson said. Halifax may have to remediate ...

Super will improve under Labor: Shorten

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... yesterday as part of the Gillard Government's reform agenda. Shorten hosted the roundtable that brought together representatives of the superannuation industry, small businesses, employees and the community sector, as well as technical experts and academics. ...

Securities dealer scales back after ASIC review

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... markets trading and modelling tools to investors via a network of more than 35 corporate and individual authorised representatives in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. Following an ASIC review of CSS' operations in 2012, ASIC found several license ...

NZ Super makes key hires following Datacom investment

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has appointed Michael Coomer and Brett Sutton as its representatives on the Datacom board of directors. The appointments follow the fund's recent purchase of a 35% stake in the technology services company. Coomer ...