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Audit inquiry overlooks vertical integration

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... services, as well as how effective auditors are in detecting and reporting fraud and misconduct. The final report recommended audit firms establish defined categories and disclosure fees received for audit and non-audit services, as well as list non-audit ...

EQT names chair, compliance member

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... has been on the board of EQT Holdings for over four years and is chair of the board strategy committee and a member of the audit committee. He is currently a director of the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. ...

Public servants caught in SG bungle

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
... million was owed, comprising $20 million in underpayments and $10 million worth of interest. Between January and June 2020, an audit was conducted to investigate the matter. In late October, Auditor-General for the Northern Territory Julie Crisp tabled ...

ASIC's Chester spills Crennan truth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... Crennan said in his statement that in September 2020 he was first told of external advice about the Australian National Audit Office's (ANAO) position concerning the rental allowance being paid to him, despite it being flagged last year. While being ...

Crackdown on SAN misuse continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... registration of an agent. The TPB said the agent had made false and misleading statements in various annual returns, indicating an audit had been done when it had not. The ATO said the agent's behaviour was uncovered after an auditor reviewed their ...

Daniel Crennan resigns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
... with ASIC policy." Crennan said that in September 2020 he was first told of external advice about the Australian National Audit Office's (ANAO) position concerning the rental allowance being paid to him. "I requested that ASIC cease paying me the ...

ASIC chair steps aside pending pay review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KANIKA SOOD, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... flagged certain relocation expenses incurred by both him and deputy chair Daniel Crennan. Shipton said the Australian National Audit Office is of the belief that the total remuneration paid to both Shipton and Crennan exceeds the limits set within the ...

Australia among strongest on governance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, the US and UK. The 10 governance factors Calvert looked at included accounting risk, audit oversight, board effectiveness, board independence, director elections, ownership structure, pay figures, pay oversight, pay ...

Stanford Brown adds partner

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... Advisory, a financial planning business based in Crows Nest, for over eight years. Boustred commenced her career in the audit and corporate finance divisions of Ernst & Young in South Africa before moving to Australia. She joined technology company Dimension ...

New chair of CPA Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... Corporation and the RACV as well as TarraWarra Museum of Art. "Merran has considerable expertise in corporate governance, finance, audit, risk and compliance. She is particularly focused on aligning performance management with strategy, and in financial ...