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Law firm adds financial services partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... Financial Services Group team earlier this month, based in Sydney. He specialises in financial services, financial markets, anti-money laundering, prudential and general corporate regulation. He has previously advised retail and investment banks, fund ...

Crypto regulation proposed: Bragg

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
... custody or depository regime for digital assets, a Decentralised Autonomous Organisation (DAO) company structure, changes to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing guidelines and capital gains tax. The report recommended developing a "token" ...

Hostplus grilled on common ownership, collusion

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... about its relationship with IFM Investors at a parliamentary hearing that sought to uncover any evidence of collusion and anti-competitiveness. MP Tim Wilson, who chaired the Standing Committee on Economics hearing on common ownership and capital concentration ...

Channel Capital adds Cayman director

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... Islands and other offshore financial centres. It will also ensure ongoing compliance with regulatory obligations including anti-money laundering and tax transparency, the firm said. It says the Cayman Islands is the most popular jurisdiction for hedge ...

AUSTRAC to face scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... Committee was approved yesterday. O'Neill wants the government to look into what she refers to as the failures of Australia's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regime. She wants to understand whether Australia is particularly attractive ...

AUSTRAC investigates NAB, JBWere

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
National Australia Bank and its subsidiaries, including JBWere, are allegedly failing their anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing obligations, according to AUSTRAC. The financial intelligence agency is investigating NAB's "potential ...

Westpac senior leader departs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... comes amid some turbulence for the big bank after it received a record fine from AUSTRAC last year for failing to comply with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism provisions. The bank announced it would merge its consumer and business division ...

Former Westpac chief executive in new role

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... announced in November 2019, after AUSTRAC alleged Westpac was involved in "systematic" non-compliance with the Anti Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Act 2006 on over 23 million occasions. Westpac eventually paid a $1.3 billion penalty, representing ...

Brian Hartzer to release leadership book

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... trial and error. Hartzer resigned from Westpac after an AUSTRAC investigation found that the bank had failed to comply with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism laws. "Because of the circumstances of my departure from Westpac - which I touch on ...

Chester eyes ASIC chair role

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... doubt over the effectiveness of ASIC, AUSTRAC and other government agencies such as the Australian Border Force in combating anti-money laundering (AML) activities given so many incidents slip through the cracks. She pointed to the $500 million cocaine ...