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Bank of Queensland slapped with EU

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
... to ensure it is completed within agreed timeframes. As part of the enforceable undertaking, BOQ will engage an external auditor who will report back to AUSTRAC, it added. AUSTRAC acknowledged that the action coincides with separate regulatory activity ...

Former fund manager director convicted

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023
... been convicted and sentenced to six months' imprisonment for falsifying documents and providing false information to an auditor. Grofski, whose financial services licence was cancelled by ASIC in 2020, was first charged for dishonest conduct in May 2021. ...

ASIC grants MSC Trustees new powers

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2023
The corporate watchdog has bestowed MSC Trustees new powers to act as a trustee for debt instruments such as debentures, notes and bonds issued by public companies, a first for an Australian corporate trustee. MSC Trustees is the first trustee firm ...

Former Big Un chief charged with insider trading

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
... prosecuted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions following a referral from ASIC. Last year, Big Un former auditor Graham Rothesay Swan also came under ASIC attention. Swan was convicted for failing to conduct the 2017 company audit in compliance ...

Government acts to regulate crypto assets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2023
Crypto asset licensing and custody reforms by the government are targeting subsets outside the financial services framework. In a joint statement, treasurer Jim Chalmers and assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones said ...

SMSF auditors in hot water

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2022
... disqualified three SMSF auditors from being registered, imposed additional conditions on the registration of one SMSF auditor, and cancelled the registration of two SMSF auditors. Five of these SMSF auditors were referred to ASIC by the ATO. Of the five ...

Hostplus defies inflation fears

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2022
One of Sam Sicilia's pet themes is that the forces of technology are deflationary, and they will inevitably kick in to be a dominant influence. The Hostplus investment chief has been on this tear for some time and hasn't changed his mind despite ...

TPB, bans dishonest tax agents

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2022
... the bodies, one of the tax agents lodged over 90 SMSF annual returns for more than 20 clients. This included falsifying auditor details indicating that the funds had been audited, which was not the case. The tax agent was also found to have misled clients ...

Draft SMSF auditor registration regulations to update fees, language

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2022
The government is consulting on the Superannuation Auditor Registration Imposition Regulations 2022, aiming to remake and improve the 2012 Regulations by changing the amounts of fees payable to ASIC, and language about indexation methods. The 2012 Regulations ...

ASIC bans Sterling & Freeman director

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
... involved in Sterling & Freeman's contravention of financial laws. Sterling & Freeman failed to lodge financial statements and auditor reports for the 2019, 2020 and 2021 financial years. ASIC also found Saman was not fit and proper to be involved in ...