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Former Vocus chair charged with insider trading

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
A Uniti Group executive director and the former Vocus Group chair was charged with insider trading for dumping his Vocus shares after he knew an acquisition of the company was unlikely to go ahead.

PNG regulator denies Westpac Pacific sale

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
Papua New Guinea's consumer regulator, the Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC), has denied Westpac's sale of its Pacific business to Kina Bank.

ATO will not pursue erroneous JobKeeper payments

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
The Australian Tax Office announced it will not pursue businesses that took advantage of JobKeeper despite raking in large profits, nor will it ask small businesses to repay $180 million claimed in error.

Criminal charges in property investor collapse

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
The collapse of a property investment group, Members Alliance and Benchmark, has resulted in 72 criminal charges.

ASIC urged to act on common ownership

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
Corporate regulator ASIC was slammed for its lack of oversight over common ownership and concentration at a parliamentary committee this morning.

Tax agent banned for dishonesty

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
The Tax Practitioners Board has banned a Victoria-based tax agent for five years for dishonestly obtaining his registration and engaging in further misconduct.

APRA intensifies scrutiny of underperformers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
The prudential regulator is cracking down further on the superannuation funds that failed the performance test, chair Wayne Byres warned this morning.

AustralianSuper skewers draft disclosure laws

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
The draft legislation on superannuation portfolio holdings disclosure is not in the best financial interests of members and only stands to serve rival fund managers to whom the reforms don't apply, according to AustralianSuper.

ASIC red tape unit welcomed

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
The government has welcomed the corporate regulator's plan to establish a unit with the sole aim of reducing regulatory costs for businesses and consumers.

Plan to increase competitiveness of managed funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
The federal government is rolling out its plan to increase the international competitiveness of Australia's managed funds sector.