APRA v Kelaher & Ors – Court finds against APRA, rules that APRA did not prove that IOOF breached the SIS Act and did not disqualify the relevant officers (some of whom had retired from IOOF by then)

On 20 September 2019, Justice Jagot, of the Federal Court of Australia, decided against the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) in it’s case against IOOF’s former Chief Executive Officer: Mr Chris Keleher and others. APRA bought this case following adverse findings, in the Hayne Financial Services Royal Commission, alleging that IOOF’s superannuation fund had done…