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Cbus opposes smaller super guarantee penalties

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... with estimates indicating it already exceeds $2.5 billion per year. Atkin said in a recent report to government the Audit Office noted the Australian Tax Office's (ATO) own internal risk assessment indicates that as many as 11 to 20% of employers could ...

86 billion Euros are in the mail, just

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... insistence of the Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte, it will have to roll back any legislation it has passed since taking office that violates previous bail-out agreements (or compensate for their consequences by passing new laws). Most painful of all ...

Trillion dollar super industry attractive to organised criminals

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... individuals' funds "that may be managed by financially inexperienced individuals." The commission said allowing the Australian Tax Office (ATO) to address wrongdoing and non-compliance by SMSF trustees; capturing rollovers to SMSFs as a designated service ...

First State Super restructures top brass

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... as working closely with me, Graeme will have responsibility for corporate services, technology, our project management office, as well as corporate strategy and product development." As chief digital officer, Murphy will have responsibility for the digital ...

Cbus faces serious industry problems with super payments

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... Superannuation payment obligations. This problem is exacerbated by the lack of enforcement action by the Australian Taxation Office. Sponsoring organisations such as unions have a legitimate role in the process of pursuing arrears, but Cbus should and ...

NAB, ABS insider traders jailed

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
After being charged in 2014 for insider trading, money laundering and abuse of public office, two men have been sentenced to jail. Reportedly Australia's largest insider trading scheme, the two men's activities resulted in profits of roughly $7 million ...

Government says no to CBA Royal Commission

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... welcomed the fact that "ASIC has responded positively to the Senate Committee's report" and that it has agreed to establish an Office of the Whistleblower to improve the way it deals with whistleblowers. The government said that the report's recommendations ...

SEC bestow first whistleblowers awards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... Australian financial regulators wrestle with how to treat whistleblowers, in the US regulators actually have a formal executive office dedicated to supporting them and even bestow awards on whistleblowers. The US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) ...

NAB and ABS employees arrested for insider trading fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... afternoon in front of the Magistrate Court in Canberra and in Melbourne to face charges of insider trading and abuse of public office. The charges follow a joint investigation of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian ...

ATO initiative raises $640 million from wealthy Australians

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO)'s voluntary compliance initiative has exceeded expectations, raising $640 million from wealthy Australians since it was launched four years ago. Following the success of the scheme the ATO announced it has received ...