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ASIC grilled on whistleblower compensation

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
Financial compensation for corporate whistleblowers is back on the agenda after the Senate Economics Committee grilled representatives from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). At the latest Senate Economics Committee hearing ...

Aussies in top five for cashless transactions

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... concerns about the lack of consumer protection on data privacy, information security, dispute resolution as well as fighting fraud and money laundering and regulation is needed to minimise these risks." Director of payments at Royal Bank of Scotland ...

Club Plus Super appoints three senior execs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... at the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) and also as a specialist in commercial litigation and insurance fraud. In her new role Hunt is primarily responsible for maintaining and implementing an effective risk management framework. "Nici ...

Liquidator appointed in suicide case

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... investors relating to their investments. The complaints, which were also made to the West Australian Police Services Major Fraud Squad, followed the suspected suicide of one of the directors of the companies David Jones, and his wife Jeanette Jones in ...

ASIC financial services enforcements down 10%

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... remediated appropriately and as quickly as possible." Areas of enforcement include unlicensed conduct, dishonest conduct, theft, fraud and credit bans. Enforcement outcomes were criminal actions, civil and administrative remedies, negotiated outcomes ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... equities news is expected. However, former Westpac Home Finance manager David St Pierre faces court over a $2.5 million fraud. In Australia, the market on Friday fell one per cent ahead of Greece's referendum on bailout conditions. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Sherwin principal faces court for SMSF fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... Financial Planners. In April 2015 the former chief executive of Wickham Securities, Garth Peter Robertson, was charged with fraud. In June 2013, ASIC cancelled the registration of the auditor of Wickham Securities, Brian Kingston, after forming the view ...

PROFILE: EISS chief executive Alex Hutchison

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... worked across various roles, from general uniformed duties in Canberra to plain clothes policing working on major drugs and fraud crime. "I never thought I'd leave the police because it was a great job, and I completed my law degree part-time while I ...

Trio liquidators deny deregistering fraud fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... Strategic Fund was the primary vehicle, along with the ARP Growth Fund, for one of the largest known instances of superannuation fraud in Australian history, with over $176 million in member funds funnelled overseas. Trio Capital was the responsible ...

Trillion dollar super industry attractive to organised criminals

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... SMSFs generally hold the largest balance of superannuation assets it provides an opportunity for low-volume, high-impact fraud on individuals' funds "that may be managed by financially inexperienced individuals." The commission said allowing the Australian ...