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Cheques to wind down by 2030: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
Archaic payment systems could soon be a thing of the past following government plans to wind down outdated methods like cheques. Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down a five-point strategic plan yesterday in front of the Australian Banking Association ...

Coinbase sued as US crackdown continues

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a suit against Coinbase for, among other things, allowing users to trade unregistered securities. It follows Binance being sued just yesterday. The SEC has accused Coinbase of breaking market rules ...

ASX lays out five-year plan to restore trust

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is confident that it can restore stakeholders' trust and get its fundamentals and governance right as it lays out a five-year plan to rectify ongoing issues. ASX managing director and chief executive Helen ...

TPB grilled over handling of PwC scandal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
Fronting a Senate Estimates hearing, the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) said it has no plans to suspend PwC, nor has it formally considered whether the consultant breached legislative requirements to act honestly and with integrity. Appearing in Canberra ...

APRA probes super fund payments to unions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
During a Senate Economics Committee session yesterday, it was revealed that APRA is investigating the financial relationships between superannuation funds and unions. APRA deputy chair Margaret Cole confirmed the regulator's ongoing scrutiny into certain ...

Inflation rises to 6.8%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) has jumped from 6.3% to 6.8%, adding to theories Australians could be in for another rate hike. The latest CPI numbers, released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), exceeded economist predictions of ...

More PwC staff to go, will remain anonymous

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2023
PwC acting chief executive Kristin Subbins confirmed the embattled firm will stand down more senior staff while tax breach investigations continue, however their names will not be revealed. In an open letter, Stubbins apologised for the firm sharing ...

Melissa Caddick declared dead by coroner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
The fraudster who purported to be a financial adviser to scam upwards of $23 million out of family and friends is likely dead, the inquest has found. That was the key finding delivered by the NSW Coroner yesterday, though the nature of her demise could ...

Former industry execs launch analytics firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023
... validate the cost/performance outcome. There's so much reliance on an intuitive sense or just a confident assertion like, 'yes, we're getting a good price from this manager'," he said. "As an industry, we need to get beyond these assertions and move ...

Treasury hands PwC tax scandal to AFP

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023
A formal investigation into the embattled PwC will commence following Treasury's referral to the Australian Federal Police (AFP). Australian Treasury Secretary Steven Kennedy announced the matter, in which PwC senior partners shared information ...