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Giving through PAFs back to pre-crisis level

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
New donations into tax effective Private Ancillary Funds (PAFs), have risen 16% to $354 million in the year to 30 June, surpassing pre-crisis levels, according to the annual JBWere Giving Trends Report. The total number of PAFs is up 13.5% to 1,246 ...

Suncorp CEO rewarded for profit growth

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
Insurance and banking group Suncorp's growing profits have resulted in boss Patrick Snowball being rewarded with one of Australia's largest executive pay cheques. The 64-year-old Englishman took home remuneration worth $9.12 million in the 2013/14 financial ...

PROFILE: Australian Unity PFS CEO Steve Davis

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
Born in Queensland and raised in Fiji, the United States and Perth, Steve Davis was a professional basketball player. But the financial services industry drew his interest and became his passion, he tells Laura Millan. Today, Davis is chief executive ...

PROFILE: Sunsuper chief executive Scott Hartley

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
In January, former NAB executive Scott Hartley leapt across the chasm that separates the retail and industry sides of superannuation, becoming chief executive of Sunsuper. Six months in, he reflects on the differences- or lack thereof - of the two sides. ...

Certitude appoints new regional manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
Global asset manager Certitude Global Investments has appointed Michael Akele to the newly created role of Northern regional manager (NSW/QLD) and New Zealand. Akele was appointed from within the Certitude ranks, previously serving as state manager ...

ASIC puts hold Custom Wealth's AFSL

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
Brisbane-based Custom Wealth Solutions has also lost its Australian financial services (AFS) licence for three months. ASIC suspended the group's licence after it entered into receivership on June 11, 2014. The regulator has also permanently banned ...

GPS Wealth approves DomaCom fractional property fund

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
Queensland-based dealer group GPS Wealth (GPS) has approved the DomaCom fractional property fund. This latest approval means that nearly 400 advisers now have the DomaCom fund on their approved product list (APL). Commenting on the approval, GPS Wealth ...

Retired High Court judge to chair CBA review panel

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... and abroad for five decades. He was Justice of the High Court of Australia for a decade and before that he was a renowned Queen's Council (QC), with an extensive practice across Australia. In January this year, Callinan became an ad hoc Judge of the ...

Adviser appetite for infrastructure investments increasing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
The attractive risk/return profile and high level of income on offer from infrastructure investments mean the asset class is well suited to retail investors, according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management head of Australian infrastructure Geoff Frankish. ...

ClearView appoints three BDMs

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
ClearView Wealth Limited has announced the appointment of three business development managers to its distribution team. Maree Feek has over 14 years' experience in the industry and has been appointed as a BDM for Queensland. She previously held positions ...