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New framework to improve company reporting

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) has launched the consultation draft of a new Integrated Reporting Framework (IRF) aimed at improving company reporting. The draft Framework is open for public consultation from today and for a period ...

Corporate governance still needs to improve in Asian markets

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
Corporate governance is still an issue of concern when investing in Asian markets and while international financial centres such as Singapore or Hong Kong have improved tremendously, there are still problems that need to be tackled. A survey conducted ...

Audit report "disappointing"

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... found 18% of the 602 audit areas reviewed did not perform all of the procedures needed to prove that the audited financial report was not materially misstated, ASIC said. The figure for the previous 18 months was 14%. While the financial reports audited ...

Yellow Brick Road targets Big Four bank employees

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
... "Banks are restricted and can't support customers outside the square." According to Yellow Brick Road's latest financial report, the company has around $7.2 million available in cash to finance the expansion.

PwC partner banned from auditing

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... undertaking follows ASIC's investigation into the 2007 financial reports of CNP and CER. In the case of CNP, the financial report failed to properly classify as current, approximately $1.514 billion of interest-bearing liabilities disclosed as non-current ...

Lion Adv cancelled/Hickie banned

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
ASIC has revoked the AFS license of Lion Advantage and banned the financial service organisation's chief executive David Hickie for two years, following a surveillance of the business. During the surveillance period, the regulator found the business ...

ASIC bans ABC LC auditor

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... auditor, Simon Andrew Peter Green. The EU follows ASIC's investigation into Green's conduct of the audit of the 2007 financial report of ABC Learning Centres Limited (ABC). At the time, Green was a partner with the former Brisbane firm of Pitcher Partners ...

Centro MCS proposes DPF wind-up

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
... deceptive conduct by not disclosing at least $3bn of interest-bearing debt falling due in 12 months in its 2007 financial report. The subsequent restructure saw Centro Group reformed as Centro Retail Australia.

YBR continues aggressive expansion

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
Wealth management company Yellow Brick Road has confirmed an increase of 112% in branch-generated revenue to $3.12 million on the back of signing approximately 35 new branches over the past six months. The market update released to the ASX today posts ...

Astarra auditor banned for three years

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... undertaking (EU) after the regulator expressed serious concerns about Frazer's conduct as auditor on the 2008 financial report of Alpha Strategic Fund and the 2009 financial report of Astarra Strategic Fund (ASF). ASIC was concerned that Frazer, of WHK ...