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Chief economist update: We're all Victorians now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... Victorians. Still, what happens in Victoria isn't staying in Victoria, as reports that some cases of infection have jumped into NSW and Queenslanders are reporting sightings of Victorians on their state. With Victoria in state isolation, demand and ...

Pengana sales manager departs for Sunshine State

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... Queensland," she said. Prior to joining Pengana, Keen worked with Equity Trustees as a key account manager, servicing the firm's NSW and ACT dealer groups. He also spent four years with Australian Unity in various business development roles, having ...

Sequoia acquires advice firm

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... a retiring InterPrac adviser's portfolio over the last three years, with Sequoia now looking for similar opportunities in NSW and Queensland where former advisers at banks are looking for employment prospects rather than going out on their own. Sequoia ...

Melburnians back in the lockup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... of the rest of the world in fact". On that day, Victoria's total cases of infection was 1,346 - less than half those in NSW (3,002) and even less than other major cities around the world. As it now turns out, Ms van Diemen was also prescient, stressing ...

Experts battle for GST reform

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... local tax collections on payroll ($26 billion in 2018-19) or stamp duties ($19 billion in 2018-19), it said. Similarly, the NSW Review of Federal Financial Relations has made the case for increasing the base or main GST rate. In its draft report Supporting ...

WAM makes replacement bid for Keybridge

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... to the last NTA disclosed by KBC," Wilson said. The updated offer comes after Keybridge launched legal proceedings in the NSW Supreme Court alleging WAM Active improperly transferred over 16 million Keybridge shares from 96 Shareholders. Additionally ...

Hostplus exec jumps to First State

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
... begin a new position as regional manager at First State Super effective July 2020. Wood joined Hostplus in 2014, initially as NSW state manager, before being appointed head of region in 2015 and was subsequently appointed executive manager, client relationships ...

Land tax, not stamp duty: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... reignited calls for the scrapping of stamp duty when buying or selling a home, to be replaced by a broad-based land tax. The NSW Review of Federal Financial Relations draft report says there is a strong case for reforming GST and reducing the nation's ...

CountPlus firm buys back equity

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... to incentive criteria to be made in 12 months. "This acquisition provides Twomeys a strategic growth opportunity in Young, NSW, that will complement the firm's existing client footprint in Cootamundra, Harden and Cowra," CountPlus said in a statement. ...

Calls to investigate treatment of AMP advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... treatment of financial advisers, including reducing the value of its Buyer of Last Resort (BOLR) agreements. Labor senator for NSW Deborah O'Neill has written to ASIC chair James Shipton, urging him to investigate the AMP BOLR changes. Last year AMP ...