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PROFILE: Cbus chief executive David Atkin

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... led to a job as a researcher at the Air Traffic Controllers' Union, and then a job at Trades Hall, in a workers' compensation policy role. A couple of other union roles led him to head up the national office of the Finance Sector Union. "My interest ...

We did a "pretty good job" in CBA planning case: ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... took too long to get through." Tanzer argued that ASIC did a good job because it "recovered $50 million worth of compensation for investors," because it banned a number of entities from the industry and because it put in place "a significant cultural ...

Never good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... operating surplus" (profits) of private non-financial institutions contributed 0.9 percentage points to nominal GDP and "compensation of employees" (wages) added 0.5 percentage points. In simple terms company profits are rising - good for business investment ...

RBS posts soaring losses, pays $1m bonuses

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... RBS Capital Resolution. The provisions include costs to meet US action over mortgage-backed financial products and compensation for the mis-selling in Britain of insurance covering credit products such as consumer loans. It has taken a hit also from ...

Sinodinos rules out LRBA review for SMSFs

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... sort of regime and we think it can work well in this sector." However, he said that the government would not provide compensation when " things go wrong." "If you have tight regulation, you can't prevent another financial collapse occuring. We can't ...

ASIC cancels Capital Advisers' licence

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... it subsequently going into voluntary administration. ASIC's concerns included Capital Advisers not having adequate compensation and insurance arrangements and failing to have measures in place to ensure their organisational competence. Following ASIC's ...

Compensation opposed for SMSFs: SPAA

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... SMSFs Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has supported the government's stance to oppose any form of compensation scheme for self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs). In response to a statement made by the Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos ...

Trio victims condemn Astarra director jail release

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
... protect our superannuation system and does not provide justice for the victims, many of whom are still without any compensation." Richard entered into an enforceable undertaking with ASIC in 2010 that banned him for life from providing financial serv ...

Australia's whistleblowing regime far from best-practice

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
Australia should amend the Corporations Act to improve a whistleblowing legal regime that is "patchy, limited and far from international best-practice." Griffith University professor and whistleblowing researcher A.J. Brown asked for improvements and ...

ASIC chair defends against media 'smear'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... people. He said the regulator had completed 73 civil and 79 criminal proceedings and obtained over $349 million in compensation for investors and consumers. "We welcome the inquiry and all the submissions people have made. We've read them, and we want ...