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Disgraced lobbyist charged

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... over his role in a fraudulent bitcoin scheme. Jack Abramoff, who in 2006 was sentenced to six years in federal prison for mail fraud, bribing public officials and tax evasion, has now been charged with conducting a fraudulent, unregistered offering of ...

ATO doubles down on fraud crackdown

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... reminded the community to protect their identities and be vigilant of scammers at this time. "If you receive a text message or e-mail stating that your myGov details have been changed, or that you have applied for early release of super and you have ...

ANZ profits halve, dividend deferred

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
ANZ has announced a 51% reduction in profits for 1H20 compared to last year as it defers its interim dividend awaiting greater clarity of the impact COVID-19 will have. The big bank's half-year results show a statutory profit after tax of $1.55 ...

Westpac not evacuated, misinformation abounds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... occur in certain parts of the offices. The Australian Financial Review reported that Westpac had evacuated floors and Daily Mail Australia reported the suspected cases had forced an evacuation. An internal email to Westpac staff, seen by Financial Standard ...

ATO clamps down on auditor number misuse

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... a list of funds claiming to be audited by their SAN. "What was interesting was only 50% of auditors responded to our 2017 mail out," Grant said. "For 2018 only 40% responded. We were hoping there'd be a higher rate." An audience member said he responded ...

Former PIMCO chief guilty in admissions scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... another $125,000 to Singer's business and $125,000 to Singer's sham charity. Hodge is charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and honest services mail and wire fraud provides which carries a maximum 20 year prison sentence. He is ...

ASIC wins appeal against Westpac companies

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
... amounted to advice and if that advice was personal or general in nature. In 2014 and 2015, Westpac ran telephone and snail-mail campaigns to encourage customers to roll over external superannuation accounts into their existing accounts with Westpac Securities ...

Adviser association rebrands, grows membership

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
The United Financial Advisers Association has re-emerged to grow its membership to 2500 advocating for several reforms in the advice sector. Formerly known as the Life Insurance Customer Group, UFAA recently rebranded and decided to cease lobbying for ...

Chief economist update: A case for optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
... now. Borrowing costs are lower, property prices appear to have bottomed, the Morrison government's tax rebate is in the mail, the stock market is up, and there are positive whispers over a US-China trade deal. But we're not! A day after the NAB ...

Chief economist update: The turn in Australia's cycle from vicious to virtuous

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
"Such a feelin's comin' over me There is wonder in most everything I see..." - Karen Carpenter Not long now - just less than a percentage away (0.8% to be exact) - and the All Ordinaries index would top the all-time high of 6,853.57 points it ...