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PIS appoints PwC as independent expert

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... PIS's personal advice with regulatory requirements, its ability to identify poor advice and the effectiveness of its advice audit and pre-vet functions. The order came after ASIC expressed concerns over PIS compliance and the performance of its advisers. ...

HNW and SMSF under ATO scrutiny

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will focus on high net worth (HNW) and self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) misuse of the concessional tax environment, whether if it is deliberately or unintentionally. The ATO announced that it will review ...

ASIC orders further PIS scrutiny over compliance concerns

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) on December 2010. ASIC said that it had concerns that compliance and audit functions required further work and the regulator considers the decision to monitor PIS as an evidence that follow up on ...

HLB growth leads to senior appointments

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... Kirstin Stewart have both been appointed directors in the business services division. Buckley works in the corporate and audit services division and has experience in the resources, building and construction industries. Stewart joined the Perth firm ...

ATO to clamp down on multinationals and trusts

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will increase it audits and risk reviews on multinational companies and trusts as part of a strategy to combat tax crime and profit shifting to overseas havens. The ATO has released it Compliance in focus program ...

LGS takes stand on Bangladesh, gains MySuper licence

ALEX DUNNIN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
Local Government Super NSW (LGS) has become the first fund in Australia to sign on as a supporter of the 'Investor Statement on Bangladesh,' while also being latest fund to be authorised to offer a MySuper product. LGS has joined over 190 global shareholders ...

Advisers hitting SMSF service targets

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
Adviser success in addressing the needs of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) is on the rise according to a new study by Macquarie Adviser services. This year's Cash Satisfaction Survey has revealed that advisers' self-evaluation for meeting the ...

Super investors scrutinise companies over LDC working conditions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
ASX-listed companies are being asked to confront poor working conditions in 'least developed countries' (LDCs), with the release of a paper by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) entitled 'Labour and Human Rights Risks in Supply-Chain ...

Wall Street to stage cyberattack wargame drill

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... or even years to spot," he said. Coinciding with SIFMA's fears of cyber threats is its plan to establish a consolidated audit trail (CAT) that will capture the full lifecycle of trades. "The sheer size of the CAT database makes it unlike any other system ...

ISN calls for electronic auctions to block HFT leakage

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013