2017

ASIC reports increase in insolvent trading

1. “Small businesses struggle as insolvent trading continues to rise: ASIC report”, The Sydney Morning Herald online, 12 December 2017, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Hedge fund to take control of Slater & Gordon

1. “New owner’s blunt message to Slater & Gordon”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 December 2017, page 22, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay; also The Age, 7 December 2017, page 22, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay; The Canberra Times, 7 December 2017, page 22, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Establishment of Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry

1. “Don’t expect line of victims: experts”, The Age, 6 December 2017, page 25, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay; also The Canberra Times, 6 December 2017, page 25, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

ASIC investigation into Murray Goulburn dairy food company

1. ABC Radio Goulburn Murray, the 12noon News Program, 17 November 2017, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay; also ABC Radio Ballarat, the Victorian Country Hour Program, 17 November 2017; ABC Radio Eyre Peninsula and South Australia West Coast, the Country Hour Program, 17 November 2017

US Securities and Exchange Commission charges Rio Tinto and former executives with fraud

1. “Miner’s reputation ‘will be hit’”, The Age, 19 October 2017, page 22, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay; also The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 October 2017, page 24, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay; The Canberra Times, 19 October 2017, page 24, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

2. ABC Radio National, The PM Program, 18 October 2017, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Shareholder resolutions on environmental and social issues

1. “Standing up at AGMs – saving the world or a waste of time?”, The Age, 14 October 2017, Business section, page 8, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Shareholder class action against Commonwealth Bank for alleged breach of disclosure laws

1. ABC Radio National, The PM Program, 23 August 2017, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Legal proceedings launched against Commonwealth Bank for alleged anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing law breaches

1. “CBA board to cut Narev loose but pressure remains”, The Age, 15 August 2017, page 6, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay; also The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 August 2017, page 7, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

2. ABC Radio National, The PM Program, 14 August 2017, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

3. “ASIC eyes case against CBA board”, The Australian Financial Review, 11 August 2017, page 12, interview with Dr Rosemary Langford

4. “Risk, culture and complexity: CBA board urged to investigate lapse in controls”, The Australian Financial Review, 8 August 2017, page 32, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

5. “CBA plans defence to accusations of breaching money-laundering and terrorism financing laws”, The Australian online, 4 August 2017, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay; also “CBA shares dip over money laundering case”, The Adelaide Advertiser, 5 August 2017, page 56, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay; “ATM case stirs big CBA sell-off”, The Hobart Mercury, 5 August 2017, page 36, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay; “CBA shares fall on law breach accusations”, AAP, 4 August 2017, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Possible compensation scheme of last resort in the financial system

1. ABC TV, The 7.30 Report Program, 10 August 2017, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

2. “Compensation scheme aimed at restoring trust”, The Age, 9 June 2017, page 20, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Government plans to reform whistleblowing laws

1. “Government plans to introduce new laws to protect and reward whistleblowers”, ABC online, 23 June 2017, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Governance issues at Rio Tinto

1. “The challenges that bug Rio Tinto”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 June 2017, page 23, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Calls for introduction of a director identification number

1. “Labor spruiks company director ID plan: Is there bipartisan support to protect SMEs from phoenix companies?”, Smart Company, 24 May 2017, interview with Professor Helen Anderson

Taxation fraud and phoenix companies

1. “The adventures of Plutus cash”, The Saturday Paper, 27 May 2017, interview with Professor Helen Anderson

2. “Anquetil had form on phoenix companies”, The Australian Financial Review, 23 May 2017, page 10, interview with Professor Helen Anderson

Report on preventing illegal phoenix activity

1. ABC Radio National, The PM Program, 24 February 2017, interview with Professor Helen Anderson

Turnover of CEOs

1. “Chief executive killing season opens”, The Australian Financial Review, 13 January 2017, page 30, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay