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Adviser associations to merge

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
... merger of the AMP Financial Planners Association and Hillross Advisers Association in 2020. TAA chief executive Neil Macdonald welcomed the body and its members. "We are very much looking forward to representing ARA members and supporting them as they ...

Fair Work Commission raises minimum wage 5.2%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
... adverse effect on 'the performance and competitiveness of the national economy" ACOSS acting chief executive Edwina MacDonald said it's a welcome change. "This approach recognises the particular challenges that workers on low incomes are facing ...

Commonwealth Bank makes raft of new appointments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
... immediately, the new managing director appointments are: Anthony Kritikides, managing director, institutional sales Catherine Macdonald, managing director, credit portfolio management Gautam Rao, managing director, private equity and structured financing ...

TAA calls for prudent pace for reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... potential impact of any changes on consumers, advisers and other stakeholders before we leap," TAA chief executive Neil Macdonald said. With similar goals to the ALRC, the QAR aims to streamline and simplify regulatory compliance obligations to reduce ...

The Advisers Association appoints chair

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... vice chair since 2020 and was also a board member of TAA's forerunner, AMPFPA, from 2019. TAA chief executive Neil Macdonald described Beimers as "a practising financial adviser with over 23 years' experience in financial services and has expert ...

The dark side of super switching: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
... super funds to guide and advise members' financial decision-making." Griffith Business School's senior lecturer Kirsten MacDonald added: "While better superannuation switching access and financial control is a good thing, that very access could also ...

Federation AM partners with BlackRock

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... vision to target these opportunities," Walter said. BlackRock Real Assets head of investments for APAC real estate Hamish MacDonald added: "We are pleased to partner with Federation to capitalise on this large yet fragmented childcare real estate market ...

Industry mixed over FSC advice framework

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
... practice it would mean only licensed financial advisers would be able to give financial advice," TAA chief executive Neil Macdonald said. "We are also pleased to see the call to distinguish between financial advice and general information. This would ...

The next 20 years in Aussie ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021
State Street's head of the asset manager segment in Asia Pacific Neil Macdonald says active ETFs, thematic products and ESG will dominate the ETF industry in the years to come. Macdonald joined State Street earlier this year from KPMG, and now works ...

AMP shakes up advice service model

KARREN VERGARA, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... said that proposed valuations of about 2.5 times recurring revenue devalued their business. AMPFPA chief executive Neil Macdonald said at the time that, under contract, AMP must consult with financial advisers when considering changes to terms in addition ...