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QIC makes first agribusiness acquisition

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
... Deloitte Corporate Finance (lead financial adviser), PricewaterhouseCoopers (accounting and tax) and McCullough Robertson (legal).

Panel to review financial services complaints system

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
... Choice chief executive Alan Kirkland making up the panel. "The expert panel brings a wealth of regulatory, consumer and legal experience to the review and will provide a final report to the government by the end of 2016," O'Dwyer said. "In undertaking ...

APRA counts life insurance losses

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... change. Allowing insurers to more easily reconcile 'genuine legacy products' that are no longer instep with current social and legal environments. In its recommendation APRA points to a similar mechanism that was developed from the Financial System Inquiry ...

IOOF boosts super team with VicSuper and First State Super vets

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
IOOF has made two appointments to its employer super team. Stephen Chainey joins IOOF from VicSuper, where he was a senior business development manager. Prior to that, he held senior roles at LegalSuper, Delexian and Fusion5. At IOOF, he will take on ...

CommInsure appoints independent review panel

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
... Superannuation panel member Justin Malbon, former Bupa Australia head of clinical advisory Stan Goldstein and former AMP chief legal officer Chris McRae. CommInsure said further panelists would be appointed in due course. Commenting on the appointments ...

Fortnum debuts integrated advice platform

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... partnership with consultancy Good Advice Solutions to help advisers accurately diagnose a client's financial needs, meet their legal responsibilities and grow their businesses. As part of the project, Fortnum has also built a customised Xplan site in ...

DeVere chief defends Panama privacy

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... offshore system, both for individuals and the "global economy." "These include allowing those who qualify to do so to use legal international investment products to form part of a robust and sensible financial planning strategy. Another major benefit ...

ASIC commences proceedings against Westpac

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
ASIC has commenced legal proceedings against Westpac in the Federal Court in Melbourne for its role in setting the bank bill swap reference rate from 2010 to 2012. ASIC has alleged Westpac engaged in "unconscionable conduct and market manipulation" ...

Rubik makes growth appointment

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
... partner for Macquarie Group, a role which she held for more than 10 years. In her role she supported the risk management, legal and governance, finance and tax and treasury teams. In her new role Hampton will report to Rubik group chief financial officer ...

Crowe Horwath makes two senior appointments

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... group. Pascall has also worked at the Australian Tax Office (ATO) where he held roles of tax counsel, director of complex legal recovery and was a Sydney ATO executive board member. Findex global head of business development Peter Gardiner said that ...