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Global disruption fund locks in former CEOs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
Evans Dixon chairman David Evans has assembled an investment team of former chief executives to raise up to $150 million for the soon to be ASX-listed Global Disruption Fund. The initial portfolio is expected to include Amazon, Facebook, Alibaba, Netflix ...

Looming super reforms benefit millions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
More than four million Australians will benefit from the superannuation reforms taking effect on 1 July, particularly women. The revived Low Income Superannuation Contribution, now labelled the Low Income Superannuation Tax Offset (LISTO), will be received ...

Sequoia announces acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
ASX-listed Sequoia Financial Group announced it will acquire Melbourne-based financial planning and accounting services firm InterPrac. Interprac "will add immediate scale, in particular to the SMSF Administration, Wealth Advisory and Investment Solutions ...

FSU calls out NAB for lack of standards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
Any compliance breaches made by NAB Financial Planning around the incorrect witnessing of Beneficiary Nomination forms prior to 31 May 2017 should not be included in the new conduct background check protocol. That is the view of the Finance Sector Union ...

Leadership restructure for Grant Samuel

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
After a decade at the helm, Grant Samuel Funds Management chief executive Andrew McKinnon will take on a new role and his successor has been named. As of 1 July, McKinnon will serve as executive chair of the GSFM board, replacing non-executive chair ...

MLC appoints claims chief from AIA

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
MLC Life Insurance is welcoming a new chief claims officer. Natalie Cameron will join MLC Life in July. She was previously AIA New Zealand's chief executive, and before that, she held multiple roles at AIA Australia, including chief group insurance ...

Currency and managing volatility: New Financial Standard spot poll

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
An overwhelming majority of respondents to the Financial Standard weekly poll are in support of the banks' crackdown on employee background checks. Last week the publication asked about the crackdown and 80% of respondents voted in favour of the move. ...

Actor linked to Malaysian pension fund scandal

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
The US Department of Justice is seeking to recover about $2 billion in assets misappropriated from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund in a scandal with ties to the Malaysian prime minister's stepson and US actor Leonardo DiCaprio, among other notable ...

Software provider upgrades ahead of super deadline

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
Accounting document software provider MyWorkpapers has released a raft of features ahead of the introduction of new superannuation regulation on 1 July. The cloud-based platform enhanced its SMSF 5.0 feature to meet the incoming legislative requirements ...

Equip confirms merger, names CEO and directors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
Industry super fund Equip confirmed its merger with the Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund in a move which will double funds under management to $14 billion. Equip chair Andrew Fairley said since the earlier announcement that the funds were in merger ...