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Audit inquiry overlooks vertical integration

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
An inquiry into the quality of audits has fallen short of recommending the breakup of the largest four vertically integrated accounting firms in a bid to combat conflicts of interest. The Regulation of Auditing in Australia: Final Report, tabled in ...

Financial crime victims fume at Shipton, Crennan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... apology. Victims of financial crime in Australia with outstanding unresolved issues need to be taken seriously and an urgent inquiry into what can be done must be carried out." He also slammed Treasury, as allegations have emerged that Treasury may have ...

FPA renews calls for advice definition changes

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... with the concepts of general and personal advice. The report echoed the recommendations of the Murray Financial System Inquiry and the Productivity Commission reports which suggested the term 'general advice' is likely to lead to false expectations about ...

Financial services laws under review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... the review with the findings of the Royal Commission, Australian Government Competition Policy Review, Financial System Inquiry, Treasury's 2017 ASIC Enforcement Review Taskforce and the Productivity Commission's 2014 report in mind.

AMP does not treat advisers fairly: Poll

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... to licensees exiting the business and restraint of trade provisions." Labor senator Deborah O'Neill has called for an inquiry into the treatment of AMP advisers. She said AMP terminated businesses of 250 advisers, slashed BOLR values and left advisers ...

New law backs choice of fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... comply with the choice of fund requirements," the memorandum said. The bill addresses the findings of the Financial System Inquiry and the Productivity Commission Inquiry into superannuation, which found that denying choice of fund can discourage member ...

UK competition watchdog blocks merger

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... companies' internal documents. It also engaged with customers, competitors, and other stakeholders to inform its findings. CMA inquiry group chair Martin Coleman said the evidence they have seen consistently points to the same direction as they are the ...

Ombudsman demands changes for small business insolvencies

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... put in place to protect small businesses from a 'tsunami' of insolvencies. In the latest Insolvency Practices Inquiry report, Carnell detailed recommendations to help businesses get the best possible outcomes during times of financial trouble. ...

Chief economist update: China recovery would have been good for Oz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
... it not for the heating tension between Canberra and Beijing - first, as a result of Prime Minister Scott Morrison's inquiry into the origins of COVID-19 in mid-May; and second, in response to the passage of the security law in Hong Kong, Australia ...

Billionaires targeted in Twitter bitcoin scam

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... targeted some of their employees with access to internal systems and tools." The FBI said it has also launched a federal inquiry into the attack. Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey tweeted an apology as the attack was ongoing and said his team were ...