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Labor, FSU call for Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
... industry," she said. Senator Katy Gallagher said while Labor welcomes APRA's independent inquiry, the serious allegations of corporate failings against CBA reinforces the need of a banking Royal Commission. The past 18 months have seen more than $300 ...

Super funds on notice over disclosure deadline

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
... expect to see significant changes in the way superannuation and managed investment funds disclose fees and charges. Corporate regulator ASIC said the changes will help bring industry-wide consistency to product disclosure statements (PDSs), as well as ...

EQT eyes global expansion

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
Equity Trustees (EQT) is well positioned to expand globally after a successful acquisition and corporate restructure boosted its bottom line performance in the year to June. After-tax profit grew 16% to $15.4 million, while funds under management reached ...

CommSec and CFS combine tech strengths

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
... administration and reporting tools. "Client, adviser and dealer group level reporting, model portfolio management, online corporate actions and IPOs, tax optimisation tools and third party data feeds sit across all the products in the service, serving ...

Former super fund chief executive takes overseas role

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
A former chief executive of an industry superannuation fund has taken up leadership of Nambawan Super Limited, corporate trustee of the Public Officers Superannuation Fund based in Papua New Guinea. Paul Sayer, chief executive officer at TWUSUPER during ...

Spring FG to join dealer group ranks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
... seeking entry to the industry," Cullen said. Supporting the move, Spring FG appointed Financial Choice as its first corporate authorised representative. Initially, Spring FG intended on acquiring Financial Choice - something the firm said will still ...

Wealth arm projects Perpetual profit

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
... equity markets. In FY17, profit before tax for Perpetual Investments was $116.5 million, 1% lower than FY16. Perpetual Corporate Trust's profit before tax was $36.7 million, which was 8% higher than FY16, driven by growth in managed funds services. A ...

Government opens doors to offshore investment vehicles

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
... Federal Government is seeking public consultation on the long-awaited legislation for the Asia Region Funds Passport and Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle (CCIV) regime. The exposure draft legislation for the Asia Region Funds Passport explains ...

Australian investment firm opens London office

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
... office can accelerate and enhance our investment process and, in this sense, London remains the ultimate melting pot for corporate access." The Antipodes Global Fund and the Antipodes Global Fund - Long Only was recently upgraded to "highly recommended" ...

Vanguard appoints Australian active team head

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
... Vanguard in the US since 2009. Prior to that, he held multiple other positions at Vanguard, including investment analyst, corporate strategy analyst and assistant portfolio manager. Joining Roach is assistant portfolio manager Janel Jackson, who was ...