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DomaCom appoints new Responsible Entity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... appoint MSC enables DomaCom to have debt within property sub-funds - something it is in the final stages of implementing the legal requirements for. "We believe that this will be a key driver of future growth given the strong preference from advisers ...

Proceedings filed against CBA in Federal Court

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... Given the opposite appears to have happened here, shareholders have every right to seek accountability by exercising their legal rights in the most efficient and effective way possible - through the class actions regime," Watson said. Maurice Blackburn's ...

NAB launches customer chatbot app

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
... loan contracts for new and existing small business customers with total business lending of less than $3 million. NAB chief legal and commercial counsel Sharon Cook said: "The importance of a simple and fair contract cannot be underestimated. We've been ...

QIC boosts US presence with acquisition

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... platform. I have already personally welcomed to our team those people working in the leasing, marketing, tenant co-ordination, legal and human resources functions and look forward to doing the same with those in accounting and property management, building ...

Advisers face tax registration risk

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
About one-fifth of financial advisers are at risk of being unable to legally charge for the tax advice they provide according to the Tax Practitioners Board. Data released by the board yesterday shows that of the 1100 renewal reminder emails sent to ...

Madison FG appoints governance head from ANZ

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... Kirsten Lynn joins Madison from ANZ Private, where she was an associate private wealth adviser. Prior to that, she was a legal officer for merits review and decisions at the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, a corporate and commercial ...

Successful advisers integrate estate planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
... planning early in the client relationship and take the initiative to involve the next generation in these conversations, a legal expert says. According to Australian Unity national manager of estate planning Anna Hacker, some advisers worry about introducing ...

CBA climate risk court case abandoned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
... Federal Court for historically failing to disclose climate change risks in its annual reports have withdrawn the claim. Legal correspondence between social justice group Environmental Justice Australia and CBA over an eight month period climaxed with ...

Record turnout drives Managed Accounts Forum success

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... presentations, which this year featured tandem speakers of a managed accounts expert and a financial adviser's case study. The Fold Legal managing director Claire Wivell Plater kicked off the day with a well-rounded overview of the regulatory, legal ...

Superannuation gets another makeover

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... spend members' money through new reporting of expenses, Annual Member Meetings and a portfolio holdings disclosure regime. A legal loophole being used by some unscrupulous employers to short-change workers of their full superannuation guarantee entitlements ...