Thursday 26th June 2014 |
Text too small? |
Audit firm BDO Spicers has agreed to an $18.5 million settlement of a claim against it from the liquidator of failed lender Capital + Merchant Finance.
The agreement is a full and final settlement of claims relating to the audits of the company’s 2006 and 2007 financial statements without an admission of liability on the part of auditor BDO, according to a statement by the Insolvency and Trustee Service, a business unit of the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment. Capital + Merchant was placed into liquidation under the control of the Official Assignee in December 2009 after collapsing in 2007 owing some $167.1 million to about 7,500 investors.
In a statement of claim seeking unspecified damages plus interest and costs the Official Assignee argued BDO failed to ensure the company's accounts and prospectuses presented a true and fair view of its financial health and BDO denied the claim.
Three former directors of Capital + Merchant Finance were sentenced to prison terms in the Auckland High Court in 2012. Two were ordered to pay reparation totalling $160,000.
Receivers Grant Graham and Brendon Gibson of KordaMentha are suing Perpetual Trust, claiming the trustee breached its duty to Capital + Merchant investors.
BusinessDesk.co.nz
No comments yet
Second St John withdrawal of labour takes effect tomorrow with further strikes likely
Sanford Appoints Independent Director
CRP ADVISES CLOSURE OF SHARE OFFER TO EXISTING INVESTOR
Devon Funds Morning Note - 14 August 2024
OCR 5.25% - Monetary restraint tempered as inflation converges on target
Consumers still need due diligence as new deposit takers emerge.
Woolworths strike: staff asked to dress up in Disney costumes for a week on their own dollar
Turners Invests in Quashed Online Insurance Platform
PGW Reports on Challenging Year
Arvida Announces Executive Team Changes