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Regulators coordinating efforts to protect super

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... professionals working in the country's self-managed superannuation sector are acting as they should do. In a panel session at the SMSF Association National Conference in Adelaide, Australian Taxation Office (ATO) commissioner Chris Jordan and Australian ...

Third SMSF auditor banned

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... auditors, disqualifying a third person in as many days. James Dermody of New South Wales is disqualified from being an SMSF auditor because he signed independent auditor's reports and auditor independence declarations for two companies for the years ...

ASIC bans another SMSF auditor

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... Wales auditor Manoj Abichandani who was deemed by the regulator to be not a fit and proper person to be an approved SMSF auditor. "It is critical that approved SMSF auditors perform their role adequately and meet professional standards to promote confidence ...

SMSF auditor disqualified

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
ASIC has disqualified an SMSF auditor for providing untruthful statements that were deliberately misleading. Manoj Abichandani of New South Wales was also deemed by the regulator as not a fit and proper person to be an approved SMSF auditor. ASIC imposed ...

SMSF Association launches accreditation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
The SMSF Association has launched an accreditation program for financial services workers willing to know the basics of self-managed super funds (SMSFs). The SMSF Practitioner (SSP) program is a practical, foundation-based SMSF designation aimed at ...

ASIC bans auditor and adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
ASIC has permanently banned an insurance adviser and disqualified an SMSF auditor. Abhinav Gupta provided insurance advice via ACE Insurance's Victorian Combined Insurance division from October 2013 to May 2014. He was not a salaried employee of Combined ...

Sherwin principal faces court for SMSF fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... Sherwin Financial Planners principal, Bradley Thomas Sherwin, has faced court for causing self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees to lose $10 million. Sherwin was also chairman of failed business Wickham Securities and was banned from financial ...

Trillion dollar super industry attractive to organised criminals

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... inexperienced individuals." The commission said allowing the Australian Tax Office (ATO) to address wrongdoing and non-compliance by SMSF trustees; capturing rollovers to SMSFs as a designated service under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism ...

Treasury proposes higher regulatory levies for super funds

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... Financial Services and Australian credit licenses, liquidator registration applications, company auditor and approved SMSF auditor registration applications. The regulator said the goal of the report is to "provide greater transparency and understanding ...

Pro-active, timely responses avoid SMSF penalties

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... quickly, honestly and with a realistic plan to correct instances of non-compliance is the best way for self-managed super fund (SMSF) members and trustees to avoid penalties from the ATO. That was the advice dispensed by ATO director of SMSF income tax ...