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Stop speculating and get back to capitalism: Bogle

... system. Speaking of the excessive surge in CEO remuneration and fraudulent accounting systems used to support corporate fraud, he said that where investors should be outraged, the problem is that "they just don't care anymore." Bogle called on the industry ...

ASIC chairman talks about governance and er, bullfrogs

... at a legal conference in Melbourne yesterday, ASIC chairman Jeff Lucy drew on a bullfrogs analogy to talk about financial fraud and corporate governance. Lucy said the recent spate of corporate collapses in the country such as HIH, Clifford Corporation ...

ASIC comes down on financial services fraud

... financial services business, Pegasus Leveraged Options Group, has been sentenced to eight years jail after being found guilty of fraud worth $2.2 million to fund a personal gambling habit. Craig John McKim pleaded guilty to seven charges under the Crimes ...

Fund transfer protocols need to catch-up with technology: ASFA

... money between super funds while at the same time trying to carry out sufficient identity checks as a precaution against fraud can take time. ASFA however recognises that super funds may need improved protocols to help them handle these situations and ...

Online customer checking tool launched by Deloitte

Responding to the need to protect institutions and consumers from identity theft and money laundering fraud, Deloitte has launched a compliance tool that enables customer identities to be quickly checked. The system, known as the Deloitte AMLcheck ...

Disqualified super trustee upheld

... put in place internal management arrangements and failed to be sufficiently involved as a trustee, which meant that the fraud had not been identified earlier. AAT also found Preuss failed to acknowledge that as a director of a trustee company of a superannuation ...

CSS fraudsters appear in court

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2005
... from a Hong Kong gambling cruise liner, the Captain Omar III, captured Roizman at a gambling table with the proceeds of the fraud, police say. Roizman's lawyer Clive Jeffreys says his client, who has leukaemia, had been aware since March last year that ...

ASIC nabs planner and catches two directors

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has brought fraud charges against a former National Australia Bank (NAB) adviser and two directors of a financial services company. Paul Drakos, an authorised representative of NAB lost a total ...

Super fund repays financial assistance

... under the provision of the SIS Act that allows the government to compensate superannuation funds for monies lost through fraud or theft if the Minister responsible feels it is in the national interest to do so. Along with the trustee's actions, the grant ...

Former financial adviser guilty of fraud

Michael Smith has pleaded guilty in the District Court of South Australia to three counts of fraudulently converting clients' funds for his own or his company's use or benefit. The charges are the result of an Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...