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AMP Capital unveils new name

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... officer Nadine Lennie, who joins in April. "As a demerged entity, Collimate Capital will provide a greater level of independence, stability and accountability to further enable the delivery of superior results for all of our investors and act on growth ...

Foundation rolls out financial literacy program for students

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... Older students will learn about navigating the workplace, earning, tax, superannuation and building towards financial independence. The program is provided at no cost to schools or parents or carers. Ecstra is fully funding the program as part of its ...

More work needed to end financial abuse

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
... Pillar One of the new plan to end domestic violence refers to addressing systems 'that create barriers to financial independence for women'. "The way superannuation works is one such system because it assumes people work full time throughout the entire ...

Proxy advice reforms force transparency, AFS licensing

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 DEC 2021
... extension and the requirement to provide copies of proxy advice to companies will commence from 7 February 2022. The new independence and superannuation voting disclosure requirements commence on 1 July 2022. "Australia has a highly concentrated proxy ...

AFCA must improve transparency: Hume

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021
... that AFCA is "performing well in a difficult operating environment" and that there are no systemic issues with its independence and operations, chief ombudsman and chief executive David Locke said that results overall show a positive report card. He ...

BT Practice Principals' Community goes independent

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
... businesses. Costas said he and BT decided to part ways in the new post-Royal Commission, once it became clear adviser independence was becoming a highly valued commodity. The BT Community had 134 members (authorising over 1300 advisers with over $50 ...

Auditor referral threshold test troubling: SMSFA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
... industry's interpretation of them, may differ to any further interpretive guidance contained in a future version of the Independence Guide. Future guidance may result in any thresholds that are codified, evolving into a hard threshold test," Maroney ...

Benefits of advice reforms yet to materialise

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
... advice and the number of advisers who may be prompted to leave the profession. Ongoing fee arrangements; lack of independence statements; and consent to pass on costs are three reforms under the Financial Sector Reform Act. The Design and Distribution ...

SEEK raising $260m for new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
... and business builder," the firm said in August 11 filings. "The creation of the fund achieves the primary goals of independence and access to capital whilst providing continuity of management." SEEK said it expects to own about 84.5% of the fund after ...

Class launches SMSF auditor tool

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... accounting practice cannot offer accounting and auditing to the same SMSF client. "The enhancement of the auditor independence requirements will see a significant movement in the SMSF audit market, so we have provided a facility that allows an accounting ...