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Investor Group acquires MGI Wamstekers for merger

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2004
Financial services firm Investor Group said on Wednesday it had acquired Sydney-based accountancy firm MGI Wamstekers. The company said it intended to formalise the deal by the end of August, merging the firm with the group\'s established WHK Greenwoods ...

NAB's Irish woes could mean a further downgrade, says analyst

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2004
National Australia Bank\'s problems with one of its Irish banks could further impact the group\'s full year earnings, a banking analyst said on Tuesday. National Irish Bank (NIB), one of NAB\'s United Kingdom businesses, could be slugged with a $210 ...

ATO moves in on DIY funds

The Australian Tax Office this week released a paper titled "DIY Super: It's your money&but not yet," as part of an increased effort to crack down on Australians using DIY super funds to evade tax. "In 2004-2005 we are increasing our audit activity ...

ATO to crack down on DIY super

The Australian Taxation Office is recruiting an additional 40 staff in an effort to crack down on Australians using self-managed superannuation funds to evade tax. In a paper released on Wednesday titled; "DIY Super: It's Your Money&But Not Yet!", Tax ...

NAB appoints Ernst & Young as external auditor

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2004
National Australia Bank said today that it had appointed Ernst & Young as the bank\'s new external auditor for the 2004/05 financial year. \"Ernst & Young will provide the National with access to considerable financial services audit experience,\" NAB\'s ...

Auditors deceived about FAI reinsurance, court told

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2004
Auditors were misled about financial arrangements which helped FAI Insurance record an $8.6 million profit rather than a loss of almost $20 million, a committal hearing for three former FAI executives heard on Monday. The Australian Securities and Investments ...

Ernst & Young confident of becoming NAB auditor, paper reports

Accounting firm Ernst & Young is confident it will be appointed auditor of National Australia Bank, according to a newspaper report today. The $20 million per year contract is up for grabs after NAB decided not to retain KPMG\'s services after the 2004 ...

Gladiator to acquire 35% of Pengana Holdings

Australian fund manager, Pengana Holdings announced on Friday it had entered into an agreement with Gladiator, a wholly owned subsidiary of Audant Investments, where Gladiator will acquire a 35% stake in Pengana. The announcement follows a $30 million ...

Protiviti launches in Australian market

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2004
Global internal audit and risk consulting firm Protiviti has today been launched in the Australian market. The wholly-owned subsidiary of US specialised staffing services company Robert Half International was first launched in the US in May 2002 and ...

KPMG Australia separates its corporate recovery team

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2004
KPMG Australia's corporate recovery team is heading out on its own to form an independent insolvency firm. The change will involve nine KPMG partners and about 140 staff with the new company, McGrath Nicol & Partners, to be headed by Tony McGrath as ...