Articles by Jason Spits

ASIC, Financial Planning

SMSF adviser pleads guilty to $4.88 million theft

A former Adelaide-based SMSF adviser has pleaded guilty to multiple counts of theft totalling more than $4.8 million.

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ASIC, Financial Planning

ASIC halts ongoing fees at CBA advice firm

ASIC has ordered Commonwealth Financial Planning to stop charging advice service fees after it failed to resolve some issues related to fees for no service.

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Compliance

Ethical practices more than just good behaviour

Ethical practices in financial services will need to come from an inherent culture and not a set of arbitrary standards according to leading ethicist.

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Superannuation

Emergence of SMSF Party raises questions

The formation of an SMSF-centric party has raised concerns about moving super into politics.

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Appointments

Clime names new advice, SMSF administration head

Clime Investment Management has recruited the former head of private wealth at two major banks to head its private wealth business.

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Administration, Superannuation

SMSF Association highlights value of Class data

The SMSF Association has claimed cost comparison data produced by Class is an important corrective to numbers presented in the Productivity Commission’s final report.

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ASIC, Superannuation

SMSF product design obligations hard to police

Adding product design and distribution obligations to the creation of SMSFs would be hard to monitor, according to an actuarial firm.

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Administration, Business News

SuperConcepts names interim CEO

SuperConcepts has named an interim CEO while it seeks a permanent replacement for Natasha Fenech.

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Superannuation

PC report doesn’t match evidence presented

Rice Warner has criticised the Productivity Commission’s final report into superannuation, claiming the organisation moved away from the evidence presented to it.

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Financial Planning, Regulation

SMSF advisers add to rise in planner numbers

The number of advisers increased rapidly in late 2018, driven partly by SMSF advice providers registering before the imposition of new education standards.

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