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Assistant Treasurer Sinodinos to stand aside amid ICAC inquiry

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... has announced that he will stand down from the front bench during theA hearingsA of Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) inquiry into Australia Water Holdings (AWH). Sinodinos is due to be witness at the inquiry which will look atA A AWH ...

Senate pushes for Sinodinos to explain corruption allegations

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... about his involvement with Australia Water Holdings (AWH) which is at the centre of an Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) hearing in Sydney. Senator Penny Wong's motion reads: "Assistant Treasurer (Senator Sinodinos) to immediately attend ...

Calls for Sinodinos to "step aside" amid ICAC allegations

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... has called for Assistant Treasurer Senator Arthur Sinodinos to step aside during the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) inquiry into his involvement with the Eddie Obeid-linked Australian Water Holdings (AWH). Sinodinos is set to go before ...

Congress dysfunction hits US bond confidence

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... rose to 21st place helped along by a World Bank upgrade of its government effectiveness score and a drop in perceived corruption. In contrast, scores for India and South Africa have been dragged down due to the large 2014 budget deficits these nations ...

SIFMA talks up Wall Street cyber defences

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... malicious telecommunications equipment, distributed denial of service attacks (DDOS) on selected government key websites, corruption of financial system source code and release of custom viruses to degrade post-trade processing. These were supplemented ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... 23 cents lower at $34.66. Shares in construction giant Leighton Holdings continued to slide due to media reports of corruption in its international operations, down 51 cents, or nearly three per cent, to $17.03.

Senate to question ASIC over alleged RBA corruption

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
... Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will "no doubt" question the regulator over its failure to act on the alleged corruption within subsidiary companies of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). Nationals' senator John Williams, who called for ...

Gunns chair pleads guilty to insider trading

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
... is no stranger to controversy. Its Tasmanian woodchip mills have been the focus of intense environmental campaigns. Corruption allegations also abound. Gunns' previous chairman, Edmund Rouse, also attained a conviction but of the more serious charge ...

Bribery and corruption concerns for super

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
Superannuation funds must take into account the company's bribery and corruption policy when investing, as at least half of ASX-listed companies don't have a clear statement on these issues, according to recent Citi research. The study investigated ...

ESG RA awards Citi, Credit Suisse research

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... ESG issues, particularly the need for more diversity on boards, well-articulated policies on dealing with bribery and corruption, and better understanding of climate change issues in both board and senior management level.