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AMP, former employee settle

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... the matter. "AMP terminated Ms Baker Cook's employment for misconduct on 21 June 2019 following an external investigation. The investigation found serious breaches by Ms Baker Cook including breaches of her contractual, fiduciary and statutory duties ...

Budget commitment to aged care not good enough

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... package shouldn't be the standard." The government also announced it would move to improve oversight and the investigation into serious incidents of misconduct in the aged care sector through a serious incident response scheme, with additional funding ...

Adviser charged with stealing super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
A West Australian financial adviser who has worked across some of Australia's largest licensees could face 15 years in jail after being charged with four counts of dishonest conduct in relation to hardship superannuation requests. Rahul Goel is ...

Manipulative trading at J.P. Morgan costs it over $1bn

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
J.P. Morgan will be forced to cough up more than $1.3 billion (US$920 million) after entering into an agreement with the US Department of Justice, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The agreements ...

BOQ expects to back pay $11m in SG

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... Taxation Office. BOQ told the ASX that it made an additional $8.6 million provision as the matter is still under investigation and "further work to be done to determine the full impact." BOQ uncovered irregularities after an internal review of its superannuation ...

Mawhinney lashes out at regulator

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
Mayfair 101 founder James Mawhinney has accused ASIC of a witch hunt, saying a provisional liquidators' report proves M101 Nominees had no "smoking gun" - but the report actually refers to the company's business model as unsustainable. A provisional ...

Japanese bank makes major voting blunder

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... Mitsui Trust Bank (SuMi TRUST Bank) admitted to the major miscount after its client Toshiba Corporation called for an investigation into a voting bungle at its shareholder meeting in July. The bank had outsourced its tallying operations to its equity-method ...

J.P. Morgan set to cough up US$1bn

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co is set to cough up close to $1.4 billion (US$1 billion) to shut down regulatory and government agency probes into market manipulation allegations on its precious metals and treasuries trading desk. As first reported by Bloomberg ...

Westpac reaches $1.3bn AUSTRAC deal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
Westpac has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $1.3 billion in relation to its contraventions of the anti-money laundering and counter terrorism laws. As part of the agreement with AUSTRAC, Westpac has admitted to additional contraventions that were outlined ...

CSIRO contractor in crypto scam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... "The AFP commends the prompt actions of CSIRO in identifying this criminal conduct and swiftly reporting it for investigation," AFP commander of cybercrime operations Chris Goldsmith said. "This man's activities diverted these supercomputer resources ...