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Administrators appointed to iProsperity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... iProsperity entities. "Our urgent focus is on stabilising the iProsperity Group and commencing a full and thorough investigation into its affairs, including certain court proceedings that remain on foot," Cor Cordis partner Barry Wight said. "It remains ...

Billionaires targeted in Twitter bitcoin scam

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... Twitter support page also released some information, revealing the attack was made against Twitter employees. "Our investigation is still ongoing but here's what we know so far: We detected what we believe to be a coordinated social engineering attack ...

Industry super accused of misleading consumers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... super is allowed to use key terms in their advertising such as 'retail super' and that has not prompted an investigation however other funds that are not industry funds receive enquiries from ASIC?" Falinski asked. Shipton did not provide an ...

Woman jailed in $105m tax scam

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... role in this syndicate and was given a non-parole period of two years and six months. Operation Elbrus was a 2017 investigation led by the Australian Federal Police (AFP), with significant assistance from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), into a ...

Pension fund in divestment hoax

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... named as a spokesperson in the hoax release - contacted them to confirm it was fake. According to IPE, AP7 began an investigation and was considering reporting the hoax to police. Extinction Rebellion came forward on July 1 to claim responsibility, saying ...

ANZ accused of paying hush money on BBSW scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... of throwing a whistleblower under the bus, paying a fine as "hush money" and "virtue signalling" following ASIC's investigation into ANZ's alleged manipulation of the bank bill swap rate. Levitt Robinson solicitor Stewart Levitt is representing a former ...

Colonial First State cops licence conditions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... ensure super members' best interests are met, effective immediately. The regulator's decision follows an investigation into matters referred to it by the Royal Commission in February 2019. The Royal Commission formed the view that CFSIL's ...

Calls to investigate treatment of AMP advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... complaints from the financial advisers affiliated with AMP over these issues. O'Neill asked Shipton to commence an ASIC investigation into AMP's actions. "I ask that you immediately commence an investigation into this matter, as I understand theAMP banking ...

Disgraced lobbyist charged

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... sentence, during which he wrote an autobiographical book about being "America's most notorious lobbyist". The corruption investigation of which he was at the center saw 21 people plead guilty, including two White House officials, an Ohio politician ...

HSBC hit with $2.3bn suit over Disney investments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... been subject to due diligence by those participating in the sale and leaseback of Disney film rights. However, an investigation by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs revealed that the Eclipse Film Partnerships had never been trading with the intention ...