James Shipton

Policy & Regulation

ASIC’s Chester claims chair Shipton was 'opaque' on expenses

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission acting chair, Karen Chester has claimed the stood-aside chair, James Shipton, had been “opaque” in informing fellow c...

Policy & Regulation

How Shipton's $9,000 tax advice bill grew to six figures

A Parliamentary Committee has told that the original estimate of the cost of the tax advice provided to Australian Securities and Investments Commission chair, James Ship...

Policy & Regulation

ASIC and its leadership structure under Parliamentary scrutiny

A key Parliamentary Committee has flagged it will today be giving specific attention to the future structure of Australia’s financial services regulators in the aftermath...

Features

2020 – a year of incidents and challenges

Amid the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Australian financial advisers were also witness to significant changes, writes Mike Taylor, not least with respect to AMP an...

Outsider

Graceful or not. Who exited fastest in 2020?

As this is the last print edition of Money Management for 2020 but Christmas is still some weeks off, Outsider thought he would start a new tradition – The Rapid Exit Awa...

Policy & Regulation

ASIC uncertain whether KPMG’s Shipton tax advice covered options

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has clarified that the regulator only paid for tax advice to its stood-aside chairman, James Shipton, but can’t say w...

Editorial

ASIC needs to be a regulator, not a revenue centre

The standing aside of Australian Securities and Investments Commission chair, James Shipton, points to fundamental issues with respect to the regulator....

Outsider

In the dark, out of the loop and an execrable diet

Outsider knows what it’s like to be treated like a mushroom. He is not unfamiliar with being kept in the dark and being fed execrable information....

Outsider

Bountiful experiences as first mate takes the helm

At the time of writing, Australian Securities and Investments Commission chair, James Shipton remains stood aside awaiting a Treasury-instigated independent review of the...

Policy & Regulation

Hume and remaining ASIC commissioners were in the dark on Shipton

The four Australian Securities and Investments Commission commissioners were left in the dark on the expenses issues surrounding the regulator’s chairman, James Shipton, ...

Financial planning

VOFF calls on ASIC for apology

The Victims of Financial Fraud has said it was “angry” with ASIC chair, James Shipton’s, handling of the Trio Capital scandal as while he had submerged “his own head in t...

Policy & Regulation

ASIC’s Daniel Crennan resigns amid expenses issues

The corporate watchdog’s deputy chair has tendered his resignation to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg with immediate effect....

Policy & Regulation

ANAO, not ASIC, told Frydenberg about Shipton's expenses

The tax expenses issue which has seen Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman, James Shipton, stand aside was notified to the Government by the Australi...

Policy & Regulation

ASIC chair to step aside pending expenses investigation

James Shipton has agreed to step aside due to an investigation into exceeding relocation expense limits for himself and deputy chair Daniel Crennan....