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Chief executive banned for paying wife

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... about Mrs Forsyth's remuneration, Mr Forsyth inappropriately involved himself in a subsequent investigation by an external auditor." Forsyth then submitted the falsified meeting minutes in response to a PRA information request. The FCA has fined Forsyth ...

First Sentier adds to global leadership team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... chief audit officer and will report to the board. Marks is a chartered accountant and a certified information systems auditor having worked in the financial services industry for over 30 years. He has previously held senior roles at Westpac, Merrill ...

ASIC zeroes in on SMSF auditors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
... of his audits, a condition imposed on his registration following a referral from the Australian Tax Office. Queensland auditor Darryl Iseppi was also stripped of his qualification after ASIC discovered "significant auditor independence breaches" and ...

AUSTRAC orders audit of PayPal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
AUSTRAC has ordered the appointment of an external auditor to look into PayPal Australia in relation to "ongoing concerns" about its compliance with financial crime laws. The financial intelligence agency said the concerns relate to PayPal Australia's ...

Beware dodgy auditors, sudden CFO moves: Plato

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
... we're still adding to it," Hamson said. One of the other significant red flags Plato will reveal is the quality of the auditor - Hamson said most large listed companies should be audited by the big four. A listed company being audited by a small, unknown ...

ATO warns of SMSF concentration risk

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
... for investment decisions. "We'll also ask trustees to have their documentation ready for their SMSF's approved auditor for their next audit to help the auditor form an opinion on the fund's compliance with these requirements," it said. Diversification ...

Rural FM dupes investors: Short-seller

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... this business a long time, and remind readers that not once has there been a public market fraud that didn't trick an auditor into signing off on its historical reported financial statements," it said. RFF's shares jumped 41% on August 8 to $1.92. ...

Document leak puts NAB under the pump

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... between NAB chair Ken Henry - who will step down from the role in November - and staff of the bank's long-time external auditor EY, reveal Henry's personal concern that the bank was still issuing products he believed it would need to remediate ...

Industry not impressed with APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
The latest stakeholder survey shows the Royal Commission continues to hurt the regulator's standing in the financial services community. APRA's latest biennial stakeholder survey shows industry players are less impressed with the prudential ...

Pinnacle kicks off race to zero-fee ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... relationship between an ETF's FUM and its MER, which includes expenses paid to the index provider, fund administrator, auditor, and stock exchange. "Potentially yes, all of these are negotiable based on the actual or more importantly, expected FUM for ...