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SMSFA appoints corporate development GM

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
... worked for AMP (four years) and ANZ (three years) in senior executive roles and board positions in their SMSF divisions. "A lawyer by profession, Craig made the decision early in his professional career to go into financial services, and the Association ...

FIIG appoints former Wallaby to senior QLD role

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... Mark Connors joins FIIG from Wilson HTM, where he was a private wealth senior investment advisor. Prior to that, he was a lawyer at MurphySchmidt Solicitors and Ebsworth & Ebsworth Lawyers. Connors also played for the Wallabies from 1999 to 2000, having ...

Synchron lands payroll tax win

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
Leading non-institutional licensee, Synchron, has won its battle on payroll tax that would have had major financial implications for Australian licensees. After a five year legal battle, the State Revenue Office (SRO) Victoria has issued a letter to ...

CBA appoints new director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
CBA has appointed an intellectual property lawyer as its new non-executive director. Mary Padbury is currently a partner and vice chairman of international law firm Ashurst, which advises corporates and financial institutions on M&A, corporate and structured ...

AstuteWheel launches one-hour estate planning

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... adviser then documents the client's wishes; a laywer reviews the generated briefing document and drafts a will; and then the lawyer meets with the client and verifies the will and estate planning documents. Commenting on the launch, AstuteWheel co-founder ...

Award-winning adviser joins APESB

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... 1. Mackay is a qualified charted accountant, certified financial planner, self-managed super fund expert and qualified lawyer. Mackay is also a member of the ASIC External Advisory Panel, an adjunct lecturer in financial planning at Macquarie University ...

Qualitas adds two directors

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... infrastructure asset classes. Prior to this, she was a member of the structured debt capital markets team at Deutsche Bank and a lawyer in the banking and finance group at Mallesons Stephen Jacques. Katz's role will focus on origination of transactions ...

Financial planners improve standing in annual trust survey

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
Financial planners have improved their standing in the Roy Morgan Image of Professions survey but still have some way to go before they can be considered one of the most trusted professions. Of the 30 professions included in the survey, financial planners ...

PROFILE: Mercer senior partner David Knox

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
He holds one of the first doctorates of superannuation in Australia and has developed some of the country's most innovative retirement ideas and products. Darren Snyder discovers what really drives industry veteran and Mercer senior partner David Knox. ...

IFM Investors appoints independent chair

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
IFM Investors has appointed an independent chair to the investment advisory committee of its IFM Australian Infrastructure Fund. Brad Vann is a legal practitioner with almost 35 years' experience in the delivery of infrastructure projects. He has advised ...