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Administrators appointed to IPO Wealth

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... of the company to be preserved while restructuring options are canvassed. We will also be undertaking a thorough investigation into the company's asset holdings and use of funds." IPO Wealth's trustee, Vasco Trustees, appointed receivers to IPO ...

IFM adds to leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... manager recently hit back at the claims of a conflict of interest within its business and the demand for an APRA investigation into industry funds by Standing Economics Committee chair Tim Wilson. In a letter to Wilson, IFM Investors chair Greg Combet ...

APRA hands reins to ASIC in AUSTRAC case

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... which it explosively revealed related to child exploitation in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. APRA commenced an investigation into possible breaches of the Banking Act and BEAR by Westpac in December last year, warning directors and senior executives ...

Perth Mint to review audit processes

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
The Perth Mint says it will initiate an independent third-party review of its audit process after an AFR investigation raised concerns about conflicts in how it sources gold. The Western-Australian government owned Perth Mint allegedly buys up to $200 ...

Sargon liquidators in talks with litigation funder

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
Sargon Capital's liquidators have found no takers for its May 22 call to creditors for extra funding to dig deeper into the company's affairs, and are now talking to a litigation funder. On May 22, Wexted Advisors asked Sargon Capital's 23 creditors ...

FSU calls for NAB staff to audit pay

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... The Finance Sector Union of Australia has called on NAB staffers to audit their own pay, as the bank kicks off an investigation into staff underpayments. It comes after NAB announced last week it would be launching an independent investigation into staff ...

Hold super accountable for miners' actions: Future Super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... with the company to better understand what happened in this particular case and await the findings of a company investigation into this event, which will be done with the local Traditional Owners," the fund said. UniSuper has also funded the Bankwest ...

ASIC quietly granted new access to phone taps

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... An ASIC spokesperson explained the regulator can now receive and use intercepted material for the purpose of an investigation by ASIC into a serious offence. "'Serious offence' is defined under the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 ...

IFM Investors hits back at MP demanding probe

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... Tim Wilson, rejecting the latter's claims of a conflict of interest in IFM's business and the demand for an APRA investigation into industry funds. Last month, Wilson wrote to APRA asking it to investigate industry superannuation funds' use of services ...

38 staff punished over AUSTRAC scandal: Westpac

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
Westpac has confirmed 38 staff copped a range of remuneration consequences as a result of the bank's investigations into the AUSTRAC scandal. In a statement, the bank confirmed it should have recognised the faults in its systems earlier. "The report ...