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Some CLERP rules "excessively prescriptive"

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
... said. Mr Harrington welcomed the expansion of the role of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to include oversight of audit standard-setting arrangements and audit independence, but said the FRC should also cover audit quality. He said PWC supported ...

Costello unveils response to CLERP 9

... The business and investment community has until 10 November to formally respond to the government's draft legislation on audit reform and corporate disclosure, the result of the ninth review of the Corporate Law and Economic Reform Program (CLERP 9). ...

Shareholders to get chance to vote on executive payouts

Shareholders would get the chance to lodge a protest vote on hefty executive salaries under new proposals to shake up corporate regulations. But draft changes stop short of giving shareholders the power to veto golden handshakes, and back down from ...

Sydney liquidator's case to be heard by CALDB: ASIC

The Supreme Court of New South Wales has determined that disciplinary action brought against John Vouris by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and filed with the Companies Auditors and Liquidators Disciplinary Board (the CALDB) ...

AMP Ltd announces $2 billion loss

Adelaide auditor disciplined following ASIC application

... Chartered Accountants. Mr Wiese has given an undertaking by consent, that for a period of 15 months he will not sign an audit report that should be signed by a registered company auditor. ASIC said the effect of the undertaking is equivalent to a 15-month ...

ASIC to review accounting practices of 440 Australian entities

... select the companies by a combination of random sample and riskbased selection, including those who receive a qualified audit report for noncompliance with an accounting standard. The review will cover compliance with all accounting standards, but will ...

HIH liquidators to attempt $1 billion recovery

The liquidators of HIH Insurance are preparing to launch legal action against a range of people linked to the failed insurer in an attempt to recoup more than $1 billion in damages. HIH liquidators Tony McGrath and Alex Macintosh, from accounting firm ...

APRA addresses reporting errors

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has found an "unacceptable" incidence of errors in the quarterly returns from general insurers, and has asked industry auditors to review the systems and processes used by their clients to report ...

Three charged over FAI reinsurance arrangements

Three former FAI executives appeared in a Sydney court this morning, charged over alleged offences relating to reinsurance arrangements entered into with general Cologne Re Australia Limited in 1998. Fronting the Downing Centre District Court, Timothy ...