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TPB open for TASA registration from today

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
Financial planners who provide tax financial advice can register from today with the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) to comply with the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 (TASA). The TPB has sent all Australian financial services licensees (AFSL) instructions ...

MyState names new CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
Tasmania-based financial services company MyState Limited has appointed Melos Sulicich as its new managing director and chief executive. Sulicich was previously chief executive of RAMS Financial Group and General Manager, Mortgage Broker Distribution ...

Treasury contemplates TASA relief for experienced advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
Financial planners who have had six years of experience over the past eight and belong to a professional association will not have to meet the new Tax Agents Services Act 2009 (TASA) requirements for advisers, Treasury said. The government has issued ...

Affinia hires regional business consultants

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
TAL-backed Affinia Financial Advisers has appointed one business consultant for Victoria and Tasmania, and one for Western Australia and South Australia. Nadia Docker will be in charge of Victoria and Tasmania, while Natalie Pegg will look after Western ...

AMP axes regional head of advice roles

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
The ongoing restructure at AMP has resulted in at least two regional heads of financial planning leaving the group. AMP head of financial planning in Queensland and North New South Wales Bill Justo left as part of the streamlining of the group's top ...

Women to feel pain of scrapped LISC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
Women and regional Australians will be the worst affected by the government's plan to scrap the Low Income Superannuation Contribution (LISC) scheme, according to Industry Super Australia (ISA). Using figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

MDA provider appoints lawyer to senior role

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
Managed Account Holdings has appointed a senior lawyer as company secretary, ahead of its listing on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The owner of managedaccounts.com.au has appointed Jillian McGregor for her experience working in mid and top ...

PROFILE: Invesco CEO Martin Franc

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
Tasked with bridging the connectivity gap between Invesco's investment capability and the broad Australian institutional market, chief executive Martin Franc outlines his strategic vision for the fund manager and tells Mark Smith why he's the perfect ...

SPAA makes key corporate services appointments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
The SMSF Professional's' Association of Australia (SPAA) has appointed two executives to focus on corporate development and corporate services. Richard Hockney will be SPAA's general manager of corporate development, while Joshua Geers has been appointed ...

FEATURE: Rethinking fixed income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
The prospect of rising interest rates has forced institutional investors to sit up and take notice of product innovations in the fixed income market. But with so many strategies to choose from, how do large investors and their advisers choose the right ...