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PwC chief exits over scandal

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... tax advice." In January, an investigation by the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) found former PwC head of international tax Peter-John Collins in breach after he let confidential law reform plans slip. Collins was banned and disgraced, and PwC said it ...

Mercer scoops up third BT business unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
... the sale of Advance Asset Management. Westpac's overall net profit surged 22% to $4 billion. Westpac chief executive Peter King said: "Our first half result reflects the progress we've made in becoming a simpler, stronger bank. Disciplined cost ...

Liontrust, GAM to create $100bn fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
... asset servicing company active across Europe, with further details to be announced by GAM in due course. GAM chief executive Peter Sanderson commented that the combined business "will have a strong balance sheet, a broader array of excellent investment ...

HUB24 to buy myprosperity

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023
... managing director Andrew Alcock said he is excited by the deal and welcomed myprosperity founder and executive director Peter McCarthy and his team to the firm. "This acquisition will consolidate our market-leadership position and accelerate the delivery ...

Venture capital rout rattles advice technology sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
... the integration "allows Practifi users to have the power to seamlessly audit Statements of Advice at their fingertips". Peter Worn, joint managing director of Finura Group, told Financial Standard that advisers should approach tech partners thoughtfully ...

Future Fund trumps market averages

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
... over the 12 months ending March 2023, surpassing the ASX (0.1%) and S&P500 (-7.7%). Future Fund Board of Guardians chair Peter Costello explained that as central banks, including the Federal Reserve and the Reserve Bank of Australia, raised interest ...

SMSFs weather market storms: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
... the existing body of evidence on the strong financial performance of the SMSF sector," SMSF Association chief executive Peter Burgess said. "We know the actual performance of an SMSF is dependent on the fund's investment allocation and therefore may ...

SMSF Association names head of membership

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023
... of financial planning at BankSA and a regional manager for Australian Executor Trustees. SMSF Association chief executive Peter Burgess said Sparks' industry experience, coupled with this SMSF technical knowledge and his deep understanding of the association's ...

Frontier Advisors tops asset consultant ranking

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023
According to the Peter Lee Associates survey of Australian institutional investors, Frontier has kept its place as the top asset consultant in the country. The Peter Lee Associates survey collected opinions from around 100 chief investment officers ...

Cadillac Fairview, Gateway launch $1bn fund down under

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023
... set to take advantage of these opportunities." Dawes' colleague, Gateway Capital co-founder and chief investment officer Peter McDonald, said never has he witnessed such low vacancy rates in the Australia industrial and logistics sector. This is driven ...