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PwC senior leaders step down over tax scandal

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023
... managing partner, financial advisory and Asia Pacific Americas tax leader and, prior to that, managing partner, tax and legal. In January, an investigation by the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) found former PwC head of international tax Peter-John Collins ...

UBS outlines new operating model, leadership

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
... heads will report to both their respective UBS executive board member and Körner. "The integration of the businesses and legal entities will take time. But adding Credit Suisse to UBS's highly capital-accretive business model, diversified revenue streams ...

ASIC, APRA reviewer deprioritised by government

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
... instead allocated $1.9 million over two years to establish a public registry of beneficial ownership of companies and other legal vehicles, including trusts, and $5 million over five years to continue a superannuation consumer advocate to improve members' ...

AFCA appoints lead ombudsman, investments and advice

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... predecessor Natalie Cameron was named lead ombudsman for banking and finance. Previously, Singh has worked both as an in-house legal counsel and for regulators including WorkSafe Victoria and the Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria. He then trained ...

PwC chief exits over scandal

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... managing partner, financial advisory and Asia Pacific Americas tax leader and, prior to that, managing partner, tax and legal. PwC chair Tracey Kennair acknowledged the immediate need for the firm to rebuild and enhance trust. "The independent review ...

YFYS sanctions don't help existing members: ISA

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
... "We welcome greater scrutiny promised by the regulator, but these funds also have to take responsibility given they have a legal duty to act in the best financial interests of their members." SCA wants greater transparency and an expansion of performance ...

ATO keeping tabs on SMSF early access, tax avoidance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
The tax office issued a fresh warning to the rich who use self-managed superannuation funds as a vehicle for dodging tax and those who illegally access their retirement savings early. Of the total SMSFs in existence, 25% are operated by private wealth ...

Modern slavery on the rise a decade on from Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
It is 10 years since more than 1000 people died in the Rana Plaza textile factory collapse in Bangladesh in April 2013. In the intervening years, regulations to improve factory safety has been introduced in Bangladesh, and issues related to worker safety ...

APRA consults on approach to combining product histories

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023
... test, will relocate existing guidance relating to within-product changes in the MySuper product information paper into a legal instrument, removing the need for APRA to make individual determinations for every affected product. "In short, the draft technical ...

Frontier Advisors tops asset consultant ranking

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023
According to the Peter Lee Associates survey of Australian institutional investors, Frontier has kept its place as the top asset consultant in the country. The Peter Lee Associates survey collected opinions from around 100 chief investment officers ...