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Perpetual GM joins Evans Dixon ahead of IPO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... significant strength of the business is the quality of our team of over 600 people across offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane and New York," Evans said. "Listing Evans Dixon on the ASX allows our clients to further partner with Evans Dixon ...

No room for complacency: Rowell

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... assess, and work towards performance goals for their superannuation fund in 2018. APRA deputy chair Helen Rowell said in Canberra recently that trustees will have to set strategic objectives, keep a written business plan detailing how they plan to meet ...

SuperConcepts acquires SMSF administrator

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
... accounting and financial planning practices. It administers and audits over 5000 SMSFs and has about 90 employees across Canberra and Brisbane. SuperConcepts chief executive Natasha Fenech said the acquisition is part of the firm's strategy to further ...

Legalsuper appoints new client service manager

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... George and a senior financial consultant with Perpetual. Sky's new role will see her working with legalsuper's growing Canberra-based membership. Commenting on the appointment, legalsuper chief executive Andrew Proebstl said: "During 2016/17 our customer ...

Industry fund cuts life premiums, renews insurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... MetLife has been able to gain an insight into the unique workplace coverage needs of motor industry professionals. The Canberra-based industry super fund has more than 230,000 members and $11 billion in funds under management. Last month, Stewart flagged ...

Inconsistency, communication top adviser bugbears

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... Sandercock, will explore some of the critical best interest duties financial advisers shouldn't overlook in practice. Canberra-based Weissel told Financial Standard that there are three common things she's seen catch advisers out: inconsistent processes ...

Aussie regtech readies firms for MiFID II

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... in 2015 and the partnership will enable it to leverage LSE's technical expertise and global scale. APIR has offices in Canberra and Sydney. Industry estimates by the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation shows 250,000 entities still require LEIs ...

Property investing key to outlasting super

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... deduction benefits such as depreciation and interest, that investment property ownership brings," Smith said. He named Canberra as an ideal location to start an investment portfolio, where home values increased by 4.9% in the three months to July and ...

Industry Super pushes for affordable housing asset class

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... report author Stephen Anthony said affordability has reached crisis point, particularly in Sydney and Melbourne, with Canberra not too far behind. "In the past five years, incomes in Sydney have risen 15% on average, but house prices have risen 87%. ...

Whitehelm boosts water investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
... has about £2.3 billion ($4 billion) in assets under management, with more than 50 staff working in London, Sydney and Canberra. The firm is 70% owned by staff and 30% by Challenger via its Fidante Partners multi-boutique funds management platform.