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SMSF claim over Dreamworld deaths hits snag

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... Thunder River Rapids ride malfunctioned causing them to be ejected from the raft they were travelling in into the conveyor belt mechanism of the ride. All four people died from crushing injuries. A Coroners Court of Queensland report earlier this year ...

The fundies of tomorrow

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... from anyone in the industry. The experience results in employers with graduates who have practical experience under their belt. ASAM relies on industry donations which can be made in three ways - money which is invested in the fund; resources and services ...

Industry veterans launch dealer group

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
Two advice industry stalwarts have launched a new dealer group promising to save advisers time and money. Finchley & Kent opened for business on July 1 after four years of development by co-founders Sam El Shammaa and Phil Alexander. While they acknowledge ...

Australians without advice struggle in pandemic: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
New research has revealed the true value of advice, as the mental and financial wellbeing of Australia's unadvised population suffers from the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis. Fidelity International's latest Pulse Survey, which gauged the mental and ...

Extended lockdown could spur worst recession on record: Grattan

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
A six-month lockdown could spur Australia's worst recession since the Second World War, if not the Great Depression, according to the Grattan Institute's Brendan Coates. In an op-ed for The Conversation, the Institute's household finances program director ...

Early access to super scheme results in permanent ban

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... Goldenberg's lifetime ban comes after an eight year ban was handed down in August 2019. He has another lifetime ban under his belt too - from providing financial advice. In May 2009 ASIC hit Goldenberg with a permanent ban from providing financial services ...

Frontier veteran joins Perpetual

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
... providing investment and governance advice to the firm's clients. The appointment adds another notch to Trafford Walker's belt, already serving as a non-executive director at Victorian Funds Management Corporation, Prospa Group, and Link Administration ...

Leaving a legacy

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
Jeff Chapman, whose net worth is pegged at more than $800mn, speaks to Financial Standard about his family office investments including Bennelong Funds Management, and generosity. What were your goals in setting up your family office? Jeff Chapman ...

How to be a board director

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... research was to ask better questions about how people get to boardroom roles with the best possible experience under their belt. "While the research tells us executive experience is desirable, the broader challenge is a lack of representation from female ...

MLC MySuper investment budget was tight-fisted: Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
... other super funds. However, had the trustee pushed for an increase in the investment budget, it would have tightened the belt on the profit that goes back to NAB Group, senior counsel assisting Michael Hodge said. "Does it strike you, looking at this ...