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Centrepoint Alliance acquires Financial Advice Matters

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023
Centrepoint Alliance has entered into a binding agreement to purchase 100% of Brisbane-based financial advice firm Financial Advice Matters Group (FAM). Centrepoint Alliance said the transaction, subject to the fulfilment of closing conditions, should ...

Magellan chief executive quits

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2023
After 17 months in the top job, David George has relinquished his positions as Magellan Financial Group chief executive and managing director, effective immediately. Magellan's board said it is the right moment to redirect their leadership and thanked ...

Renato Mota to leave Insignia Financial

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023
After two decades with the business, Insignia Financial chief executive Renato Mota will exit in February 2024. In an ASX announcement, Insignia said the decision was a mutual agreement between the business and Mota. It has already commenced the search ...

AMP challenges BOLR court ruling

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023
AMP is appealing the Federal Court's Buyer of Last Resort (BOLR) ruling that determined in favour of AMP Financial Planning advisers who saw the valuations of businesses slashed by 40%. AMP filed a Notice of Appeal in the Federal Court yesterday ...

Treasury outlines plans to boost employment

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
The government has unveiled its plan to overhaul the employment system in its newly released whitepaper, including encouraging older Australians to stay in the workforce by extending the work bonus and introducing a new skills passport. The Working ...

MLC Life unveils retail discounts

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2023
... offers a 10% discount on eligible lump sum covers for customers who bundle with their income protection cover. Vivo Incentive has a 7.5% discount on premiums for customers within a certain BMI of 18.5 and 28.5 (inclusive). Income Protection Large Case ...

Investing in research generates threefold economic output

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023
... is a tendency to limit the economic impact to more easily quantifiable amounts. For instance the cost of the R&D Tax Incentive is often measured as the cost of the tax benefit received by claimants plus the cost of administration (by both claimants and ...

APRA finds signs of step change in remuneration practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023
... August 2021. The standard heightened requirements on remuneration and accountability, aiming to create more balanced incentive structures, promote financial resilience, and support better outcomes for customers.

No question we need more BTR: Mowat

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023
UBS's regional head of real estate John Mowat says there is a "fundamental market need" for more build-to-rent (BTR) developments in Australia. Speaking with Financial Standard, Mowat said there's no question Australia needs more BTR projects. "The ...

Talent attraction key to family office growth: KPMG

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2023
... and 36% have come from an investment management background. Only 27% of Australian family offices offer a long-term incentive plan (LTIP) as compared to the US, where 34% of chief executives are offered a LTIP. "As a conservative estimate, there are ...