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Former ASIC commissioner joins Insignia Trustees

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024
... A former ASIC commissioner will join Insignia Financial as the chair of its trustees business on September 19. Danielle Press also assumes the position of non-executive director at Insignia Financial Trustees, replacing Lindsay Smartt. Press had a five-year ...

Treasury names new ASIC commissioners

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2023
... federal treasurer has named three new commissioners who will spearhead ASIC for the next five years, as incumbents Danielle Press, Sean Hughes and Karen Chester wrap up their terms. CHOICE chief executive Alan Kirkland, Commonwealth Bank chief risk officer ...

ASIC continues to reprimand SMSF auditors

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2023
... auditors have had their licences cancelled as part of ASIC's recent compliance program. According to ASIC commissioner Danielle Press, in the last year ASIC has acted against 26 SMSF auditors who failed to meet the independence and auditing standards ...

Trustees lack urgency, strategy on RIC: Regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
... deliver both well-considered strategies and action to support members in retirement," Cole said. ASIC commissioner Danielle Press reminded super funds that helping members achieve good retirement outcomes is the core business for a trustee and the Retirement ...

ASIC to host CHESS replacement roundtable

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2023
... is expected to be hosted in August and chaired by ASIC chair Joe Longo, who will be joined by ASIC commissioner Danielle Press and incoming Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michele Bullock. ASIC's initiative follows longstanding industry concerns ...

Trustees must do better on account consolidation: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023
... for checking for existing accounts on account creation despite not being required to. Still, ASIC commissioner Danielle Press said the failures identified were troubling. "It shouldn't take an ASIC review for super trustees to comply with the law. We ...

ASIC nudges trustees on member fund compliance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
... accounts, were not held for the required period, or were not properly identified or disclosed. ASIC commissioner Danielle Press explained that, as providers of financial products, trustees have a responsibility to secure incoming funds for products in ...

ASIC warns super funds on member communication failure

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
... Super (Pool A), SCS Super (Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund LifetimeOne). ASIC commissioner Danielle Press warned trustees that fail the performance test need to get the balance right in their communications and "need to be transparent ...

Regulators prioritise emerging areas of risk

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... Superannuation Funds (CMSF) in Melbourne, APRA general manager superannuation Katrina Ellis, ASIC Commissioner Danielle Press and Australian Tax Office (ATO) deputy commissioner Emma Rosenzweig shared a few areas of focus. Rosenzweig said the ATO has ...

Don't wait for QAR: Press

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
ASIC commissioner Danielle Press pointed out at the Conference of Major Super Funds that retirement products need to be improved and waiting for the Quality of Advice Review (QAR) is not the best strategy. "I think the product piece is important here ...
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