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WA super funds combine forces

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
Two Perth-based superannuation funds are set to become one, announcing an intention to merge. WA Super and Concept One will join forces to create Western Australia's only not-for-profit, public offer superannuation fund. It will manage more than $3.2 ...

SSGA hires head of SPDR ETFs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... develop solutions for our clients." Victor takes over from Shaun Parkin who moved into an institutional role with State Street Perth in April this year. Prior to that the position was held by Amanda Skelly who stepped into the newly created role between ...

ASIC targets retirement products and services

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... arise in each major stage during the retirement and ageing process, ASIC chair Greg Medcraft told a stakeholder event in Perth last week. "These stages include initial decision making about commencing retirement income, the ability to continue to manage ...

Implemented Portfolios hires for national expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... announced the appointment of Natasha Daniels, a business development manager for Western Australia. "Natasha will be based in Perth and brings with her compelling local experience from her prior roles including at Perpetual, Westpac and Lawrence Wealth ...

FOFA breach sees former adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
... ASIC for breaching the best interest duty introduced under the Future of Financial Advice reforms. Jason Sean Atkins of Perth is prohibited from providing financial advice for three years after the corporate regulator found he had advised four clients ...

KPMG names new national chair

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
... Women. Kitchen commenced her career with KPMG in the UK, working in the audit and tax practices, before moving to KPMG's Perth office where she worked in internal and external audit, corporate finance and restructuring roles. This included leading teams ...

ASIC bans ex-AMP adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
ASIC permanently banned a Perth-based financial adviser for acting dishonestly and breaching his best interest duties in providing superannuation and insurance advice. David Fong was an authorised representative of AMP Financial Planning between January ...

Cooling property market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... (3.1% from 5.3%); Brisbane (0 from 2.2%); Adelaide (1.5% from 1.8%); Hobart (3.4% from 4.5%). Residential property prices in Perth declined by 1.0% in the March quarter after a 0.3% increase in the previous quarter while those in Darwin fell by 0.9% ...

Elders gives back to advice community

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... skills and then have them play it out in a roleplay exercise." The first of the roadshows will hit Adelaide on 20 June and Perth on 22 June, with a view to expand the events to other capital cities.

Aussie hedge fund eyes US expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... setting up shop in the US with a Manhattan office and new local and international hires. NWQ Capital Management, based in Perth and led by managing partners Jonathan Horton and Stuart McClure, has appointed former Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ director ...