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ATO and TPB terminate tax agents

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
The registrations of tax agents QTR Accountants and Nicoh Group were terminated this week following a joint TPB and ATO investigation. The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) received 19 consumer complaints about the ...

Legalsuper expands member services arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
Legalsuper created two new senior managerial roles to help service its 44,000 member base. Noel Hucker was appointed manager of member service for the northern region to manage teams in Queensland, Northern Territory, New South Wales and the Australian ...

ASIC suspends online broker AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
ASIC has suspended the AFSL of an online stockbroking firm until 10 January 2020. Halifax Investment Services had its licence suspended shortly after it went into voluntary administration. ASIC said the terms of the suspension will allow Halifax clients ...

Copia builds distribution team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
Copia Investment Partners has hired a distribution manager from SG Hiscock, and is looking to hire more on its distribution team. Mani Papakonstantinos joins Copia as the distribution manager for Victoria and Western Australia. Papakonstantinos has ...

Challenger kicks off active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
Challenger's multi-boutique business Fidante Partners has listed its first active ETF as it dips its toes in the exchange-traded fund market. The Ardea Real Outcome Bond Fund (ASX: XARO) has become the first launch out of the ActiveX banner that ...

Fiducian acquires Perth financial planning firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
The ASX-listed wealth and advice business is acquiring a Perth-based financial planning business that advises about $73 million of client money. Fiducian Group is spending $1.66 million on the acquisition component of the deal, funded from cash. Once ...

Charity donates $10m to university

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
Owners of an ASX-listed company donated $10 million to a university with campuses in Coffs Harbor and Queensland to fund research. Marcus Blackmore and wife Catherine of the $2 billion vitamin empire Blackmores made the personal donation to Southern ...

Super fund slashes fees, switches administrator

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
A $5.5 billion superannuation fund scrapped several fees, discounted its insurance premiums and changed administrators. EISS Super announced several changes that took effect from 1 October 2018 affecting its superannuation, pension, retirement scheme ...

MetLife expands retail arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
MetLife Australia continues to bolsters its retail division with four key appointments. Marcus Chan joins MetLife as sales manager for New South Wales. He came from BT Financial Group where he worked as a business development manager. Also from BTFG ...

Australia's first active fixed income ETF goes live

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
A Legg Mason affiliate has become the first to offer an actively-managed fixed income fund as an exchange-traded fund in Australia. Ringing the bell at the ASX in Sydney yesterday, Western Asset Management portfolio manager Anthony Kirkham listed the ...