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Equity Trustees adds former family office leader to board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... Australian company which was built on a foundation of trust," Kennett said. "The mix of commercial, not for profit, and legal expertise will strengthen and diversify the experience around the board table of Equity Trustees and support the development ...

Blue Sky LIC adds new directors, denied pay rise

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... public company must have at least three directors on its board, Kym Evans and John Baillie have been appointed. Evans is a legal risk professional and former private practice lawyer, having also spent 10 years as in-house counsel for the likes of Arnotts ...

Boutique fund house founder steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... activities, having worked closely across all aspects of the business over the last six years, including the operational, legal, business development and investor relations teams," he said. "It acknowledges her outstanding contribution to the firm's progress ...

ANZ lambasted for breach reporting delays

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... chief executive Shayne Elliott couldn't justify why the bank took 213 days to report significant breaches (despite a legal obligation to do so within 10 days) and blamed the complexity of running a big organisation. Counsel assisting Rowena Orr referenced ...

Court fines stockbroker $350k

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
... obligations, ASIC will take action," she said. State One admitted to the contraventions and agreed to pay ASIC $150,000 for its legal and investigative costs. This week, the Markets Disciplinary Panel determined that UBS Securities breached the Market ...

New terms for early super access receives mixed reaction

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... "We support the development of tools that assist parties to create super splitting orders, including a tool to look up the legal name and contact details of super funds," ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy said. As part of the package, Robert said the ...

Government allows domestic violence victims early super access

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... in a relationship breakdown and it can be very difficult for people to locate their partner's funds, especially without legal assistance, which can be costly. "These changes will help women more fairly split super assets." Blakey said however the changes ...

KPMG hires from Macquarie

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... superannuation funds. Samantha Brewer is joining KPMG as a transaction services partner as a part of KPMG's deals, tax and legal division. For the last 12 years she worked across Macquarie's infrastructure and specialised investment products including ...

ClearView launches new business, reshuffles executive team

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... licensee Todd Kardash said LaVista's aim is not to tell advisers how to run their business, but to help them meet their legal obligations so they can focus on seeing clients and growing their business, confident that nothing is slipping through the c ...

FASEA clarifies adviser exam rules

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... for the newly created Code of Ethics bridging course. FASEA will also revise the Corporations Act unit to include other legal obligations such as Anti-Money Laundering, Privacy Act 1988 and Tax Practitioners Board requirements. CPD FASEA has reduced ...