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Tax Practitioners Board adds members

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... Wirra Vineyards, Royal Flight Doctor Service, Australian American Fulbright Commission and was previously a tax partner at KPMG for over 24 years. Sullivan had a career in tax litigation, having recently retired from PwC where she was national head of ...

Pandemic batters life insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... $249 million. Retail lump sums was the only product to make a profit of $422 million, but this was down by 43% year on year. KPMG insurance sector lead David Kells said the industry's profits have either fallen or losses worsened on almost every ...

Consortium eyes Link Group

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... includes working as the chief executive at icare NSW, holding senior and consulting roles at McKinsey & Company, PwC and KPMG.

CountPlus adds to board, acquires member firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... chief operating officer of software firm Faethm AI, and prior to that worked in executive roles at St.George, Macquarie Bank, KPMG and BT Financial Group. She also served as the chief executive of Decimal for over a year. CountPlus chief executive Matthew ...

Liberman firm backs non-bank lender

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
... Lumi is now raising $20 million in equity and Josh Liberman Investment Group will participate again in the raise managed by KPMG Corporate Finance. The lender focuses on small to medium-sized enterprises with loans from $5000 to $250,000 and a repayment ...

IAG names chief from within

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... head of asset management and strategy and head of group finance. Prior to joining IAG, Hawkins was spent over a decade at KPMG as a senior manager before being named as a partner. Commenting on his appointment Hawkins said: "I am excited to lead IAG ...

Fintechs drive venture capital: KPMG

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... despite concerns about the pandemic which has seen private equity and mergers and acquisitions activity fall, a new study from KPMG shows. KPMG's latest Pulse of Fintech report reveals venture capital investment in Australian fintech has grown by ...

Industry fund underpaid SG to staff

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... their accounts, with a 10% p.a. interest on net shortfall as stipulated by the ATO. According to the letter, ACSRF enlisted KPMG to conduct a review of the payroll data up to 31 March 2018. The catch up SG contributions fall within the government's ...

Actuary of the Year named

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... chief financial officer and chief actuary at CommInsure. She was also chief actuary at NAB Wealth and head of insurance at KPMG earlier in her career. She inspired the establishment of the Actuaries Institute's Hackathon program, which invites not-for-profits ...

Life insurance needs to prove value

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... members as it is faced with negative sentiment, specifically around group insurance, the FSC Life Insurance Summit has heard. KPMG, on behalf of the Financial Services Council (FSC), revealed there was more than $12 billion in claims paid to more than ...