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JANA appoints head of sustainability

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
... Asia Pacific and Europe, the Middle East and Africa.Prior to this, she was an investigator in enforcement and financial crime division of the UK's Financial Conduct Authority. "JANA has been steadily expanding our capabilities in the sustainability space ...

Chief economist update: Frydenberg spends big

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
"Australia's economic recovery is now well underway and we must keep the momentum going... but, this pandemic is not over. For as long as the virus persists, so will we. So tonight, we go further." This is according to federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg ...

Westpac profit climbs, executive leaves

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... governance is underway following the AUSTRAC scandal and also orders from APRA. As a result, Westpac has doubled its financial crime operations team and added 100 roles in risk to improve risk management capability. Throughout the half, Westpac paid ...

Mawhinney banned for 20 years

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
... himself through widely distributed media releases. As recently as last month he insisted that ASIC was prosecuting him for a crime that was never committed and said that there was no misappropriation of funds and no fraud on his behalf. Although Mayfair ...

Insider trading forum busted

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has busted an internet forum where people were selling "insider tips" on listed companies. California man James Roland Jones was charged with perpetuating a fraudulent scheme to sell what he claimed were ...

Super funds to answer to new APRA enforcer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... legal fields across both the private and public sectors. She has worked as managing director of enforcement and financial crime and a board member of the UK Financial Services Authority. More recently Cole worked as general counsel and chief risk officer ...

Remains of Melissa Caddick found

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... The remains were seized for forensic examination and assistance was sought from specialist police attached to the state crime command's missing persons registry and homicide squad. NSW Health Pathology was able to confirm that the remains belonged to ...

Westpac prioritises risk management

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
... anti-money laundering and counter terrorism laws, the bank flagged it is still strengthening its risk management around financial crime remediation. Several outstanding issues such as complex IT systems, risk management and approach to risk continue ...

Crackdown on ERS scams continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... Standard that it was still working closely with the AFP to find those responsible. "The AFP as part of the Serious Financial Crime Taskforce is currently investigating some matters in relation to early release of super," the spokesperson said. "The ATO ...

Chief economist update: David Australia versus Goliath China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept monetary policy unchanged at its December board meeting - the last of 2020 - and for good reason. "In Australia, the economic recovery is under way and recent data have generally been better than expected... ...