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Australia's whistleblowing regime far from best-practice

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... "Given the many limitations of and deficiencies in these provisions, it is not surprising that ASIC's track record as a key agency responsible for whistleblowing is generally regarded as poor," he said. Brown highlighted the fact that ASIC has recommended ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... Canadian pension fund proposed a buy-out. Engineering group Leighton Holdings lost 17 cents to $16.68 after work safety agency Comcar announced it would launch a Federal Court case against subsidiary John Holland over the death of a worker on Brisbane's ...

I spy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... theme song Not play 'I spy' with each other. Only last month, news broke that documents leaked by US National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA spied on Brazil, Mexico, France, Germany and Spain (National Post). News? ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... area hit a record 12.2 per cent in September, with about 19.5 million people classed as jobless by European Union data agency Eurostat. In economic news on Friday, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will release the index of commodity prices for month just ...

ASIC funding in spotlight after annual report release

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... avoid a disastrous default just hours ahead of a deadline. Sentiment was rattled early in Wednesday's session as ratings agency Fitch placed the US on warning for a downgrade from its top-level AAA assessment. But at close in Europe, Frankfurt's DAX ...

ANU fund adopts ethical investment guidelines

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... by the ANU investment fund follows other similar moves by major superannuation funds and even the Future Fund Management Agency, what makes the ANU's approach different is that it is inviting submissions from the academics, students and other community ...

Future Fund starts global search for MD

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013

Accountant gets 6 years jail for promoting tax avoidance scheme

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2013
... promoting a tax avoidance scheme to clients after the case was successfully brought forward by Project Wickenby, a cross-agency Government taskforce fighting against tax evasion, avoidance and crime. Ewan Stoddart, 48, was sentenced on 20 September 2013 ...

Taper? What taper?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013