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LGsuper appoints chair to the board

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... QIC, Spotless Group and chairman of Queensland Rail. A chartered accountant and former partner of KPMG, Morris worked in audit and corporate services in Brisbane, London and on the Gold Coast. Roebig is retiring after 19 years as chairman of the LGsuper ...

SEC bestow first whistleblowers awards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... whistleblowers. The US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has just announced the recipient of a US$300,000 Whistleblower Award to Audit and Compliance Professional Who Reported Company's Wrongdoing. The SEC, in a statement, said the whistleblower came ...

Centrepoint Alliance returns to growth

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
Centrepoint has seen its profits climb back into positive territory in the full year to 30 June reporting an after tax profit of $3.3 million, up from a loss of $7.8 million in 2013. Underlying profit before tax increased 43% to $8.3m. The company has ...

CareSuper, Crowe Horwath partner to wind up SMSFs

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... an SMSF is very drawn out, you have to notify the ATO, liquidate or transfer all the assets of the fund, arrange a final audit of your fund, lodge your SMSF annual return and finalise any outstanding tax liabilities." Crowe Horwath head of SMSFs Susie ...

Independent trustees fix wrong problem

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
The push for more independent super fund trustees has been spurred by flawed assumptions, reveals new research released by the McKell Institute. In the report 'The Success of Representative Governance on Superannuation Boards' the authors - professor ...

Licensee under ASIC scrutiny after employing AAA advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... representatives of AAA Intelligence limited. PGW Financial Services has implemented a regime of supervision, review and audit by a compliance expert for at least 15 months. The licensee came under ASIC scrutiny when it appointed a number of former representatives ...

Premium hires former IOOF exec for compliance role

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
Premium Wealth Management has hired former IOOF audit manager to head up its compliance division. Johan Cruz managed the audit for a number of businesses, including the Lonsdale dealer group while at IOOF.A He also spent two years at Count Financial ...

ASIC puts an end to PIS monitoring program

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) reporting "a significant improvement in its compliance and audit functions." The Centrepoint-owned dealer group has "made transformational strides," Centrepoint managing director John De ...

ASIC cancels 8 AFSLs after review

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
Eight advice businesses have had their Australian financial services (AFS) licenses cancelled after an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) review into licensees that failed to lodge audited annual statement. The review has resulted ...

BT asks for full adviser disclosure to consumers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
BT Financial Group chief executive Brad Cooper said raising adviser education standards is not enough and demanded that consumers be able to get full access to information about all Australia's financial planners. "Education is critical but assessed ...