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Allegro unveils PwC entity as Scyne Advisory

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023
... are undertaking to hold to account the PwC Australia leadership team, including former chief executive Luke Sayers and the legal counsel from 2015, who devised the strategy of the abuse of legal professional privilege to subvert the proper enquiry by ...

Treasury to scrap advice admin burdens, boosts intra-fund advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
... harbour. This duty will apply only to financial advisers (relevant providers)." Jones said trustees will be provided with legal clarity around current practices for the payment of adviser service fees (accepted in principle Recommendation 7). Further ...

Expect more greenwashing action: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2023
... confirm the necessity for trustees and financial service providers to ascertain that their claims are substantiated, said QMV Legal managing partner Jonathan Steffanoni. "It emphasises the importance of trustees to ensure that any public disclosures ...

ASIC commissioner to join Vanguard

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2023
ASIC commissioner Sean Hughes is set to lead Vanguard Australia's legal and compliance function. Hughes was due to end his five-year term in December but will now finish up on February 3. "We are grateful for the contribution Sean has made to ASIC ...

What you read in 2022

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
... However, between June 2000 and July 2001 he served as legalsuper's deputy fund secretary - the fund was then known as Legal Industry Superannuation Scheme. Under his leadership, the fund has grown from $190 million to over $5 billion. It also now ...

Legalsuper hires from ART, Perpetual

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2022
... solutions. He is tasked with overseeing product development and innovation, with a particular focus on tailoring solutions to legal professionals. He also previously spent close to five years at CareSuper as a senior product manager. In total, he has ...

Global fintech Smart expands pension offering to Australia

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
... Pension and in partnership with Barclays business banking, and across the US. Backed by the likes of J.P. Morgan, Barclays, Legal & General Investment Management, Link Group, Chrysalis Investments, and Fidelity International Strategic Ventures, Smart's ...

Ministers told to divest shareholdings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
... had the extraordinary circumstances of the former Attorney-General having a so-called blind trust to raise money for his legal case. That really exposed the weakness in the system, because how did people know where to donate to this so-called blind trust? ...

UK regulator appoints Camille Blackburn to leadership team

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... Westpac senior executive Camille Blackburn as director of wholesale buy-side. Blackburn will join the FCA in October from Legal & General Investment Management, where she is currently the global chief compliance officer, responsible for the company's ...

AustralianSuper appoints retirement solutions lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2022
... Plus Super where he also was the head of marketing, brand and strategy. Prior to Club Plus, he worked at UK fund manager Legal & General Investment Management, BT Financial Group and IAG.