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Super funds consider future of PwC contracts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
... a watchful eye on developments. As reported by Financial Standard, Treasury has referred PwC to the Australian Federal Police (AFP) for investigation. Australian Treasury Secretary Steven Kennedy announced the matter, in which PwC senior partners shared ...

Melissa Caddick declared dead by coroner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
... despair." This, it was deemed may have made her susceptible to suicidal intent. In relation to ASIC and the Australian Federal Police's conduct during the search of Caddick's home, the magistrate said she did not consider them to have done anything wrong ...

Treasury hands PwC tax scandal to AFP

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023
... A formal investigation into the embattled PwC will commence following Treasury's referral to the Australian Federal Police (AFP). Australian Treasury Secretary Steven Kennedy announced the matter, in which PwC senior partners shared information obtained ...

Former adviser jailed for nine years

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
... fraud, the victim was left with limited funds and could not afford to pay her rent. She was issued an eviction order. The police and her local MP assisted her to stay in her house. Sadly, she passed away from breast cancer in October 2021," the proceeding ...

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 ...

Fraudsters jailed over international crypto scam

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023
... as to honest individual investors in cryptocurrency," specialist prosecutor Jonathan Keller said. "The CPS advised our police partners throughout this international investigation. Painstaking analysis of vast amounts of digital material and collaborative ...

Data sharing laws updated in response to Optus breach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
... believed to have had 100 points of identification released online. Just yesterday a man was charged by Australian Federal Police for attempting to blackmail more than 90 people who had their information exposed, claiming he would commit financial crimes ...

BUSSQ sees strength in niche super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2022
... driven by a massive amount of regulation. We continue to regulate for the lowest common denominator in Australia rather than police the lowest common denominator out of the industry. "So that cost is possibly not going away. But with a change of government ...

No surprise advice industry fears ASIC: Panel

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
... sure none of us would sit here and think every piece of the business is absolutely squeaky clean. The regulator is the police and we're all careful around policemen." Anderson weighed if ASIC was unfairly painted as a weak regulator in the banking Royal ...

Adam Willis joins DWS distribution team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2022
... of greenwashing. Woehrmann's departure followed a raid on DWS and Deutsche Bank's offices in Frankfurt by German police and members of the German regulator, BaFin. Stefan Hoops has since stepped into the role of chief executive and last week ...