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AMP Capital appoints MD for NZ

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... Hassell is highly regarded in the New Zealand market for his leadership. Dunne also acknowledged the contribution of Graham Law as managing director over the past six years, "successfully steering the business through many challenges and opportunities ...

ANZ sets up $30m compensation program for advice clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... reported the issue to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and set up a remediation program with PwC and law firm Clayton Utz as external consultants. The bank is working with the regulator to "finalise the refund methodology and ...

Fintechs issued AFSL warning

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... without an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) or Australian Credit Licence (ACL), putting themselves in breach of the law and opening themselves up for investigation by the regulator, according to The Fold Legal. Managing director of the law ...

Treasury invites submissions to draft MIT tax changes

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... overstatements of taxable income, instead of re-issuing investor statements; deemed fixed trust treatment under the income tax law; upwards cost base adjustments to address double taxation; and legislative certainty about the treatment of tax deferred ...

FSI must lift value in super system: AVCAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... enterprises. They recommend harmonising the definition of permitted loans under the Venture Capital Act 2002 with other areas of tax law; removing current restrictions on venture capital limited partnerships; removing uncertainty in relation to the use ...

Perpetual partners The Fold to help accountants

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... Self-Managed Super Funds (SMSFs). Under the partnership program, Perpetual has formed a strategic partnership with boutique law firm The Fold Legal, which has prepared more than 400 AFS and ACL licence applications since 2002. "SMSFs have become a significant ...

Local Government Super names new chair

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... the Minister for Local Government, as well as serving as a councillor at Woollahra Council since 2012. Morris has degrees in law and economics, and is a certified financial planner with over 30 years experience in financial services. He was vice president ...

ASIC bans Commonwealth Financial Planning employee

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
... clients to give the impression the files were in proper order and Zaicew had given advice to the clients in accordance with the law. While Zaicew was suspended from CFPL, Locksley also prepared and backdated around 40 other documents, including records ...

Energy Super appoints first independent director

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
Expertise as a financial services and superannuation lawyer alongside prior directorships at several prominent Queensland companies saw Christine Maher appointed as Energy Super's first independent director on Tuesday. Maher is currently a partner of ...

Competition for annuities likely to remain low

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... difficult competition in the annuities space, but noted that "it is not simply a matter of making the necessary changes to the law, and the market for very conventional [deferred lifetime annuities] DLAs will blossom. "Even if DLAs turn out to be quite ...