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ATO on phoenix watch

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... income tax. ATO deputy commissioner Michael Cranston said the firm response forms part of the ongoing joint agency investigations in to illegal phoenix activity, where a company deliberately liquidates to avoid paying creditors, taxes and employee entitlements. ...

Elders adds fifth practice

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
... authorised representative for EFP. Prior to this he was an investigator for 4Rivers conducting factual and circumstance investigations for the insurance industry and private clients. Clark also worked as a detective sergeant for the NSW Police Force ...

Banned former CBA planner charged with forgery

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... 2006 and June 2009. CFPL reported two breaches regarding Rick Gillespie's conduct to the Australian Securities and Investigations Commission (ASIC) in 2009 and 2010. He was subsequently permanently banned from providing financial services in 2012. "Commonwealth ...

Trio Capital compensation complete

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... Trio's collapse in 2009 there have been five official reviews regarding Trio and aspects of its collapse. Following investigations by ASIC more than 13 people have been jailed, banned from providing financial services, disqualified from managing companies ...

ASIC releases 2016 enforcement report

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... 42 criminal charges, charged six persons in criminal proceedings, issued 20 infringement notices, commenced 105 investigations and completed 86 investigations. The report noted that malicious cyber activity would continue to be a focus in 2016, with ...

ASX chief announces immediate resignation

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... for a new managing director and CEO. "The ASX Board accepted that Elmer wanted to direct his full focus to the investigations which may be made into the Tabcorp matter - and not have them interfere with the important role of leading the ASX," Holliday-Smith ...

Senate to investigate life industry

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
A Senate inquiry originally set to scrutinise Australia's financial advice industry has again deepened its investigations by adopting calls to examine the country's life insurance sector. With support from all sides of politics, Senator John Williams ...

ASIC revenue and investigations decrease in 2015

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... previous corresponding period. On the issues pertaining to investor and financial consumer trust and confidence, fewer investigations were commenced over the past year (77 compared to 97 in 2013-14) and fewer surveillances were completed (557, down from ...

CBA publicly welcomes former staff bans

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... it reported concerns it had regarding misconduct to ASIC and to the police, and has co-operated in the ongoing investigations. The move comes amid the bank's ongoing Open Advice Review program which has so far compensated 19 clients and paid out just ...

Medcraft defends ASIC record

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... that this process will continue. Medcraft also discussed ASIC's recent proposal to recover expenses related to its investigations in the event of a "successful prosecution or civil proceeding," noting this was "consistent with User Pays principles." ...