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Government launches TPB review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
The Federal Government launched a review into the effectiveness of the Tax Practitioners Board. In a media release on Tuesday Assistant Treasurer Stuart Robert said the review would examine the TPB's effectiveness in ensuring tax agent services are ...

Why this HNW adviser avoids hedge funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
... volatility and diversify their investments. "A part of it was if your average high-net-worth client came in with $5 million a decade ago, they now have maybe $15 million to invest and you just have to diversify," he says. Viola spoke to Financial Standard ...

Former ASFA chair sees new EQT role

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
Equity Trustees is welcoming a new deputy chair, moving a former Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chair alongside current EQT chairman Jeff Kennett. Jim Minto has been appointed as deputy chair of Equity Trustees. It is a move set to ...

Industry super performance moves members: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
Industry superannuation funds continue to impress members more than retail counterparts when it comes to financial performance. Latest figures from researcher Roy Morgan show industry super funds continue to skip ahead of retail funds in terms of member ...

NAB extends asset manager custody deal

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... recommit to this long-term partnership," Patterson said. "NAB Asset Servicing has been a key business partner for over a decade. "Their commitment to service delivery excellence and their proactive approach to sharing insights and knowledge have supported ...

Prime Value recruits former super fund chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
... via several alternative asset fund offerings. Murphy was named Christian Super's chief executive in 2007 and spent a decade at the helm. His governance experience includes serving on Macquarie Cleantech Fund's advisory committee, and the Australian ...

Major shareholders defy proxy advisers: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
... democratise the process. "There was a 3.21% increase in online voting in 2018 which is consistent with growth over the past decade," McKenna said. "The highest usage rate of online voting technology is in the S&P/ASX 200 with almost half of all votes ...

HESTA veteran retires, new role created

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... Governance Advisory Service. He was on the management committee of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) for more than a decade, and currently chairs ESG Research Australia. His experience outside of HESTA includes working at BT Funds Management ...

Retirement expert joins Milliman

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
Milliman has appointed a director of strategy and solutions in Australia. Amara Haqqani joins the actuarial, retirement and risk management consultancy firm based in Sydney. Haqqani has spent close to two decades in financial services, of which four ...

ACSA creates managed fund taskforce

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... in Australia, which pegged the sector at $834 billion in June 2018, with flows at around $24 billion over the last half decade.