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Crime survey finds fraud rife in Australia

PETRINA BERRY, AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... PwC Partner and Forensic Services leader Malcolm Shackell says. Procurement fraudsters can be an employee, business owner, board member, an official or vendor involved in the purchase or sale of services, goods or assets between organisations or individuals. ...

Industry stalwart Tucker takes stake in Westoz

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
... 80% owned by ASX-listed and Western Australian focused financial services company Euroz Limited. Tucker will also join the board of Westoz Funds Management as a non-executive director. Tucker has a broad range of experience in the financial services ...

Crowe Horwath to announce buyout proposal

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
... and accounting group. At the time, company secretary Bruce Paterson said in a letter to the ASX that "the Crowe Horwath board has not yet had an opportunity to consider the proposal and will update the market in due course." The following statement came ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
... futures contract was six points higher at 5,532. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia holds its monthly board meeting and interest rate decision. The bureau of statistics releases retail trade data for April and the March quarter's ...

IOOF and SFGA union rattles top ranks

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... Morgan Stanley flagged the "adviser risks" and suggested that SFGA managing director Tony Fenning transitions to an advisory board "critical to retaining advisers and ensuring a smooth transition." However, "assuming zero adviser attrition is optimistic," ...

Bloomberg names exec to lead new bond indices business

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... Bloomberg's index manager Phon Vilayoune, who has relocated from Princeton to Sydney. "We are delighted to have Kerry Angel on board as we work towards a seamless transition for clients and continue to serve the fixed income community, leveraging our ...

SFGA top exec leaves following IOOF bid

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), but made no direct reference to the proposed merger with IOOF. "On behalf of the board and the whole team at SFGA, I thank Linda for her efforts and I wish Linda all the best in her new role at CBA," SFGA managing ...

No clear case for independent trustee quota: Towers Watson

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... be encouraged as best practice "especially where it can add value to the overall composition and decision making of the board." He continued: "In instances where a board believes that it does not need any independent directors, we would suggest they ...

Bennelong CEO Jarrod Brown steps down

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... Jeff Phillips and head of distribution Andrew Aitken will jointly manage the chief executive function. At the same time BFM board member Mike Pratt has been appointed to the position of chairman. Pratt has been on the BFM board since 2013 and has been ...

OneVue adds former IOOF exec to leadership team

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... senior roles at Citigroup within its GTS securities and fund services division in New York. In March OneVue reshuffled its board with three members stepping down, but chair Gail Pemberton retaining her position. This week OneView announced that it had ...