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Asset management more complex than ever

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
Achieving the 7% return targeted by most pension funds is a far more complex and riskier process than it was 10 years ago, according to State Street Global Advisors' head of investments for Asia-Pacific, Kevin Anderson. Speaking at the Financial Standard ...

Hunter Hall independent review rejects WHSP takeover

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
Hunter Hall's independent directors recommended that shareholders reject Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Company's takeover bid for the company, on the basis that it significantly undervalues shares. The review justified this recommendation saying ...

ASIC targets NAB super after compliance breakdown

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
The trustee of Australia's largest retail super fund, the MLC Super Fund, will appoint an independent expert to review compliance breaches following an ASIC investigation. ASIC initially made enquiries into breach reports lodged by NAB wealth entities ...

Slattery steps down from SMSF Association

ALEX BURKE, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery announced her resignation today along with the appointment of her successor. Slattery has been chief executive of the SMSF Association, formerly the SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA) ...

Small caps taking over IPO market

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
Small cap companies are steadily increasing their dominance of the IPO market on the ASX, according to new HLB Mann Judd research. For the IPO Watch Australia report, HLB Mann Judd analysed the behaviour of IPOs on the ASX throughout 2016 and concluded ...

Xero CFO takes on new role in leadership shuffle

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
A senior manager at cloud-based accounting software company Xero will now have a combined role as part of organisational changes mentioned back in October. At the time, Xero's board said that management changes would allow chief financial officer Sankar ...

Suncorp vet joins Westpac subsidiary

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
Majority-owned Westpac subsidiary Hastings Management is welcoming its second independent director. Justine Hickey joins the infrastructure equity manager while also serving as a director on the boards of DNR Capital, the Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation ...

Super taxes break $35bn budget hit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
Treasury has released its latest Taxation Expenditures Statement and it reveals the cost of superannuation's tax breaks to now be $35 billion and on track to climb a further 34% within the next four years. Superannuation taxation expenditures in 2015-16 ...

KPMG director becomes fintech CFO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
A director at KPMG took on a new role as chief financial officer for a fintech specialising in digital customer acquisition. Having previously held a senior position in KPMG's deal advisory division, Matt Lewis has now joined Avoka, where he will report ...

ATO calls time on SMSF safe harbour rules

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
The ATO is warning financial advisers that the safe harbour rules for limited recourse borrowing arrangements in self-managed super funds will be changing this week. Under the new rules, LRBAs must be consistent with either the safe harbour guidelines ...