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TASA breach costs business $900,000

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... imposed a 10 year injunction on Kolya and the company in which they are not allowed to provide or advertise tax services. Justice Lindsay Foster ruled the case and ordered the unprecedented penalty. He considered that Kolya "knew that the pleaded conduct ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... fell sharply on worries about excess supplies. Morgan Stanley fell 1.5 per cent after announcing a settlement with the Justice Department to pay $US2.6 billion ($A3.34 billion) to settle a probe into its marketing of mortgage-backed securities. The investment ...

Government urged to leave super taxation alone

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... patron Sir Anthony Mason. Addressing delegates at the SMSF Association's National Conference in Melbourne, the former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia said confidence in the superannuation system rests on the stability of assumptions on which ...

ASIC to face legal action over Storm Financial

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... involvement in Storm. "Others haven't had that much information. We do, and we know where the mines are," Levitt said. Justice Lindsay Foster has also allowed plaintiffs to make a freedom of information request to ASIC to seek the regulator's internal ...

ASIC report highlights insufficient penalties

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... $1.2 million civil penalty imposed on Newcrest Mining for contravening its disclosure obligations. However, it quotes Justice Middleton's remarks when determining the penalty: "It could be argued that even a $1,000,000 penalty for each contravention ...

So sure it's certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... declining business and consumer confidence, among others. A legal backing was all QE needed and the European Court of Justice approved the ECB's bond buying programme last week. QE here it comes. Besides, with expectations at fever pitch, the ECB could ...

Court approves Great Southern settlement

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... projects manager, which raised $1.8 billion and managed 45 investment schemes, collapsed in 2009. Victorian Supreme Court Justice Clyde Croft approved the settlement yesterday, agreed to by Bendigo and Adelaide Bank and about 2,000 of its borrowers in ...

SMSF court case highlights penalty uncertainties

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... the penalty should serve as a deterrent and mark the Court's acceptance of the need to enforce the regulatory scheme," justice Buchanan J said, acknowledging that the trustees showed remorse, made "early admissions" and cooperated to solve the issue. ...

Impartiality of FWC Expert Panel challenged again

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... employers a staggering $400 million if it proceeds." Harcourt's alleged pro-Labor bias was corroborated by FWC president Justice Iain Ross in a letter to Senator McKenzie, saying Harcourt had made a number of public signs that he was aligned to Labor ...

IRESS co-founder departs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... executive Andrew Walsh said: "Peter's contribution to IRESS has been enormous, but to see it only historically doesn't do justice to that contribution. The future of the business will be profoundly influenced for many years by what Peter has helped to ...