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ATO warns of new SMSF scheme

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has warned SMSF trustees of a new scheme it has uncovered that aims to avoid paying potential tax liabilities. The ATO said while it is important to plan for retirement and look for ways to maximise retirement assets ...

Managed accounts FUM inch to $100bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
Managed accounts assets reached a record $95.2 billion at the end of 2020 thanks in part to stock markets rebounding. According to the Institute of Managed Account Professionals chair Toby Potter, the sector is stronger than eve r and will continue ...

Chief economist update: ECB gives PEPP talk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
It's not what the European Central Bank (ECB) did at its March governing council meeting - keeping monetary policy settings unchanged - but its PEPP (pandemic emergency purchase programme) talk that sent the Euro Stoxx-50 index on the up and up. ...

Pahari's pay packet revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
AMP has reported the extent of the remuneration awarded to former AMP Capital boss Boe Pahari in the 53 days he led the business. As outlined in AMP's annual report, Pahari was paid $376,000 in cash payments. While he was not entitled to a short-term ...

Chief economist update: Confidence contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
Australia is once again being infected - infected with optimism, that is. We have discussed previously how the domestic economy has contracted less sharply than its peers and has rebounded stronger relative to its peer, later confirmed by the OECD 'Economic ...

Court makes orders in ASIC versus TAL

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
The Federal Court yesterday made orders in ASIC's December 2019 case against TAL, which stems from a Royal Commission case study. The matter relates to a TAL income protection customer, who in January 2014 made a claim on her policy after being ...

Treasury Group co-founder joins Mantis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
The co-founder of Treasury Group, now Pacific Current Group, has joined the board of Mantis Funds. Rodney Green joins as a board member and adviser. He was managing director and co-founder of Treasury Group and was also previously chief investment officer ...

Celebrating women in financial services

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
According to recent data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, women hold 14.6% of chair positions, 28.1% of directorships and represent 18.3% of chief executives and 32.5% of key management personnel. Perhaps most concerning of all, only 0.4% ...

Chief economist update: More manna from UK Treasury

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
Another budget, another increase in government spending. In his Budget speech on March 3, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak prefaced his delivery of more manna from the government by stressing the damage the coronavirus has done to the UK economy. ...

Munich RE appoints Australasia lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
Munich RE has appointed Scott Hawkins as managing director of Australasia succeeding Ralph Ronnenberg who is moving into a new position as head of reinsurance controlling. Hawkins will be responsible for overseeing the leadership and strategic steering ...