‘Systemic overoptimism’ left $2B impairment off Arrium’s books, court told


A shareholder class action against KPMG and ex-Arrium directors says the company’s accounts were infected by “chronic and systemic overoptimism”, with the former operator of Whyalla Steelworks portraying as viable a business that was impaired up to $2.8 billion.
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