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Former Trump aide launches crypto fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... Fidelity Digital Assets, a subsidiary of Fidelity Investments, is the custodian of the fund, while Ernst & Young act as the auditor. Scaramucci had a short stint as the White House communications director when he became part or Trump's 16-person ...

AustralianSuper breached member's privacy: Regulator

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... $4500 for loss caused by it. WG had claimed $10,000 in losses. The determination also asked AustralianSuper to engage an auditor to assess its procedures and training to staff and contractors (including all new staff and contractors) regarding updating ...

ASIC slams auditors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... launched its review into audits in 2019. While it is still early days, the watchdog is aiming to enforce actions against auditor misconduct, delve into conflicts of interest, and force more transparency in audit inspection results. A recent inquiry into ...

Charles Schwab fails consumers, cops fine

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
Charles Schwab UK has been fined $15.6 million for failing to protect consumers and lying to the regulator. CSUK has to cough up GBP8.96 million for a number for safeguard and compliance failures, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority has found, noting ...

New internal audit guide for finance sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
A new best-practice guide for the boards and internal auditors of superannuation funds, banks and financial service providers has been released. The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) has released The Better Practice Guide, which was developed with ...

Jarden hires from UBS, HSBC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... associate portfolio manager managing domestic and global fixed income portfolios. Singh started his career at KPMG as an auditor before moving into the public markets graduate program at AMP Capital.

Shipton's tax bill under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... parliamentary joint committee on corporations and financial services, chair of the committee Senator James Paterson asked auditor general Grant Hehir about the relocation expenses ASIC paid Shipton and Crennan, and about Shipton's tax bill. Shipton ...

Audit inquiry overlooks vertical integration

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... prohibited from providing to an audited entity. The auditor's independence declaration should be expanded to require the auditor to specifically confirm that no prohibited non-audit services have been provided, the committee found. University of ...

Public servants caught in SG bungle

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
... million worth of interest. Between January and June 2020, an audit was conducted to investigate the matter. In late October, Auditor-General for the Northern Territory Julie Crisp tabled the findings in parliament and blamed the lack of oversight for ...

ASIC's Chester spills Crennan truth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... financial year had brought it to the attention of ASIC and nothing was done about it," he said. "It is not normal for the auditor-general to write to a minister and say that in order to gain greater confidence that appropriate action was taken." ASIC ...