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TPB names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... background in private practice as a lawyer as well as nearly three decades in senior management with a strong focus on ATO legal and compliance issues," he said. "We look forward to working with Michael to advance the interests of both tax practitioners ...

Super funds suit up for Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... Commission will put Australia's $2.6 trillion superannuation system under the spotlight over the next two weeks and legal experts say a key question is whether conflicts of interest are influencing super funds and letting ordinary working Australians ...

Digital advice, fintech firms merge

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
... Challenger's chief executive of distribution, marketing and research. Following the merger, Retirement Essential becomes a legal subsidiary of SuperEd, 100% owned by it. The merger expands SuperEd's offering from B2B advice to include B2C solutions ...

Royal Commission work impeded: Hayne

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
... down to an export function error in IOOF's software. A further delay occurred as the documents were reviewed for claims of legal professional privilege. Questor's solicitors produced the documents at 9.48pm on July 22, and said that it would produce ...

IMAP awards managed accounts excellence

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
... receive, he said. Out of FoFA came transparency, clarity and the demise of conflicted remuneration, Potter said. Conversely, a legal structure and sustainable revenue streams have been beneficial to the service offerings of an advice practice. As he ...

AFCA funding lacks transparency: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... transparency around the proposed funding models in its submission. AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck said there was a "moral and legal obligation" on super funds to ensure that members' savings were not used to fund the resolution of complaints ...

Member takes $50 billion industry fund to court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... Financial Group, AustralianSuper and Colonial First State. In a statement, Rest said it is unable to comment on ongoing legal matters but that it requires all of its investment managers to consider ESG risks when investing in order to deliver competitive ...

Fund manager boosts leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... head of investor relations, incoming Underdown spent several years in London, working for Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Legal & General Investment Management, after earlier working as a budget analyst for the Australian Government. WFM added current ...

Advisers on scam alert

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
Advisers and investors should be "particularly vigilant" of investment scams this time of the year, as scammers prey on people's fear of getting in trouble with the ATO as tax season continues, according to Finder. Australians are now losing $1 million ...

Pinnacle splashes $50m on acquisitions

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... Global Investors was advised by Nelson Lam and Glenn Dunn of Berkshire Capital as sell side advisors and Hall & Wilcox as legal advisor. The NAB-backed Metrics Credit Partners, a non-bank lender, has $2.5 billion in funds under management. Of this, $1.7 ...