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How wealthy families protect assets no matter what

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
... they were spending each season in a different place, but it is very important that you track where you are and have a defence," he said. This is to ensure that they can meet the "substantial presence" test in the US - which can determine in which jurisdiction ...

ASIC takes on NAB for fee-for-no service breaches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... Hagger and general manager of advice partnerships Ross Barnwell. In response to Archibald's testimony, NAB's legal defence said the bank accepts that it must pay a "substantial pecuniary penalty". "The bank recognises that each of the penalty ...

Keep COVID-19 in perspective: Panel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... 19.3% now. And this changing landscape is creating geopolitical tensions. Ashley Townshend, director of foreign policy and defence at United States Studies Centre said the US is playing catchup when it comes to China, applying progressively aggressive ...

Property Funds Association appoints president

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
... Fund. She has previously served as a fund manager at SCA Property Group and has also held roles with Woolworths Group and Defence Housing Australia. "We are delighted to appoint Andrew and Melissa to the roles of president and vice president. They each ...

Mercer adds investment, superannuation experts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... Services. Joining the board alongside Gosling is Alice Williams, who is currently chair of the investment committee for Defence Health and chair of the audit committee for Djerriwarrh Investments. "We are very fortunate to have two esteemed industry ...

Active funds quell passive flows

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... European and US peers, and some Asian countries. The Australian active fund management industry may have a more successful defence against the growing movement toward index strategies, the Tidal Forces report found, after analysing hundreds of millions ...

Chances of CBA admitting to Essential Super wrongdoing "non-existent"

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... of the financial product recommended or the advice given." This followed ASIC's lawyer relaying CBA and CFS's defence that "there was no influence of the type spoken of in the definition of conflicted remuneration... sums of money were relatively ...

Women-led super funds outperform

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... hospitality and the public sector. Based on percentages, GuildSuper has the highest share of women members at 85%; Australian Defence Force Super has the highest share of young women members (91%); while Challenger has the highest share of retired women ...

Chief economist update: The US inflation dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
... administration) just call former US Secretary Lawrence Summers (under Clinton's) a coward? I refer of course to Madame Yellen's defence of President Biden's ginormous US$1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package against Summers' concern over the risk of ...

CSC announces new partnership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
... advocacy, and projects to address the specific needs of our customers, and especially our current and former Australian Defence Force personnel," Hill said. "For CSC this is an important partnership that will help improve the wellbeing of our staff ...