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Proxy advice reforms defeated

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
The Senate has overturned proxy advice reforms announced at the end of last year, three days after the new regime had begun. On a vote of 29 votes to 25, the Senate disallowed the new regulations that were announced by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg in December ...

BTC Markets appoints chief operating officer

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2022
... Prior to this, she spent a decade at Deloitte Consulting, as a leader in the Strategy & Operations Management Consulting practice. "We are delighted to welcome Anna to the team and couldn't be happier with the timing of her appointment," BTC Markets ...

Acquisitions bolster Kelly Partners results

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
... the six months include a financial advice and accounting firm based in Sydney's Northern Beaches and an accounting practice in Canberra. An acquisition of another Canberra-based accounting firm is set to finalise this month. Making its presence known ...

Synchron appoints compliance lead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
Financial advice dealer group Synchron has appointed a general manager, compliance. Phil Osborne took on the position from February 1. He has been working with Synchron as a compliance consultant since July 2021. He reports directly to the Synchron ...

New operations chief for advice tech start-up

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
... market. He will also drive the group's business development strategy and work with financial advisers and AFSLs to deliver practice efficiencies. Taylor will report to iFactFind chief executive Paul Moran. "iFactFind is poised to continue growing, as ...

AFA opposes clean record requirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
... ethics subject. In its submission to the consultation, the AFA said it does not support the clean record requirement in practice, as the new single disciplinary body is untested and "we do not know how many advisers might end up with a sanction between ...

AustralianSuper appoints to advisory team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
... banker. Eloy Lindeijer has joined AustralianSuper to provide strategic advice on the development of the fund's investment practice globally and its direct private markets capability. He will join AustralianSuper's Direct Investment Decision Making and ...

APRA to continue scrutiny of trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2022
... inform merger and exit activity across the sector, the regulator said. As part of this, APRA will be reviewing Prudential Practice Guide SPG 227 Successor Fund Transfers and Wind-ups with a view to developing new requirements to apply from 2023 in the ...

ASIC exposes RE structure conflicts of interest

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2022
The corporate regulator has identified potential conflicts of interest within the $1.5 trillion managed funds sectors' responsible entity structures. ASIC's review of 10 major responsible entities found potential conflicts of interest arise ...

ClearView welcomes chief risk officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2022
ClearView Wealth has appointed a chief risk officer from NAB to oversee its compliance and risk management operations. Cloe Reece was most recently the executive general manager of enterprise controls performance at NAB. Prior to spending about 18 months ...