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New regulations will choke unlisted property market: PFA

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... financial adviser to the product issuer," Healy continued. "Unlisted property funds will need to spend more on compliance, legal advice, and possibly consumer testing to satisfy these requirements. Those funds which do go ahead will be under pressure ...

ASIC co-deputy chair named

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
Federal Revenue and Financial Services Minister Kelly O'Dwyer announced a legal expert will join Peter Kell as ASIC's co-deputy chair. The Federal Government nominated Daniel Crennan to the newly created position and he will work alongside Kell, who ...

Long-standing Djerriwarrh executive retires

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... filing yesterday. Guy is a director of Infrastructure Specialist Asset Management Limited and a former chairman of Victoria Legal Aid. Djeriwarrh invests in Australian equities "with a focus on stocks with an active options market." The firm has a current ...

Crunch time for limited MDA advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... the increased costs of implementing an in-house MDA is leading advisers towards a fully outsourced MDA approach." The Fold Legal managing director Claire Wivell Plater told last year's Managed Accounts Forum that limited MDAs arose about 14 years ago ...

Financial advice under the Royal Commission spotlight next month

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
... practices; and Citi's imposition of international transaction fees. An indicative list of witnesses includes Financial Rights Legal Centre coordinator Karen Cox, NAB executive manager, growth partnerships Anthony Waldron and NAB executive general manager ...

Australian Ethical appoints new executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
... appointed. Amanda Richman joined Australian Ethical Investment in February from Allens law firm. "Amanda intends to use her legal training and six years of commercial experience to critically assess investment opportunities and advocate for change," ...

Global Merces launches managed funds regtech

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
... technology - but funds management processes are still lagging behind, she said. Grofski said they consulted extensively with legal and regulatory advisers in developing the software and pointed out that most legislation doesn't require wet signatures. ...

Future Fund reshuffles investment team

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... This role brings the investment and operational risk, and compliance functions alongside his existing responsibilities in legal services and board secretariat. Future Fund chief executive David Neal said: "To sustain our success as our portfolio grows ...

Global asset manager rebrands

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... operations; Ibrahima Kobar as deputy chief executive, and chief investment officer; JeanChristophe Morandeau as head of legal, compliance and risks; Lientu Lieu as head of business strategy; and Sylvie Soulere-Guidat as head of human resources. Natixis ...

Equipsuper appoints head of risk

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
Equipsuper made an internal promotion to appoint a head of risk and combine the fund's legal and compliance functions. Tahlia Parrish will take on the role Paul Synhur vacated to become head of member advisory in February. Parrish joined the $14 billion ...