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Industry bodies clash over pension age

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... Policy and International Markets Martin Codina said that the organisation will be taking the proposal to the Commission of Audit and called the government to commission and publish a new Intergenerational Report to inform policy decisions regarding the ...

WA govt plans string of infra asset sales

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
The Western Australia (WA) government is planning to sell a number of infrastructure assets, as part of a recycling strategy similar to that employed by the New South Wales government. Addressing an auditorium full of superannuation delegates in Perth ...

Mercer picks Milestone's APRA reporting solution

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
Mercer Australia has chosen Milestone Group's pControl Regulatory Oversight service to meet the new Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) reporting standards that are part of the Stronger Super reforms. The new reporting standards have seen ...

MyState appoints new chairman

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
... yesterday. Hampton is currently chairman of the MyState Limited Board's Group Risk Committee and is a member of the Group Audit Committee. He has been a director of Tasmanian Perpetual Trustees Limited since July 2006 and was appointed a director of ...

ASIC concedes Trio ringleader investigation

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has been forced to concede defeat in its pursuit of the alleged ringleader of the Trio/Asterra collapse. ASIC had previously acknowledged that bringing a strong enough case against Jack Flader ...

Accountants on look-out for SMSF-expert advisers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
... includes substantiation documents that have been received throughout the year and which are required to complete the SMSF audit, as well as additional online reporting such as portfolio valuations and BGL Simple Fund download files."

BTIM announces replacement for retiring chairman

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... six years in the role. Evans joined the BTIM Board as a non-executive director in 2010 and is the current chairman of the Audit and Risk Management Committee. He has more than 40 years' experience and held senior roles at the Commonwealth Bank and Lend ...

Centrepoint optimistic after completing AAP acquisition

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... At the same time, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) expressed concerns over PIS' compliance and audit functions and asked for the dealer group to be subject to a monitoring program by an independent expert. De Zwart said that ...

ATO unsure if dividend washing illegal

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... those involved in dividend washing. We encourage taxpayers to correct their tax affairs voluntarily otherwise they risk an audit," ATO Second Commissioner Bruce Quigley said. The ATO said anyone who has participated in dividend washing arrangements and ...

Sonray director to face 10 years imprisonment over unfunded deposits

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
The sole director of Sonray Capital Markets (Sonray) Russell Andrew Johnson could face up to 10 years jail time over criminal charges relating to false accounting, theft and deception. Johnson pleaded guilty to the seven criminal charges brought by ...