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Integrate next-gen insurance policies into NDIS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... could be integrated? Insurance policy benefits may also need to be more adaptive, said Richard Batten, partner at Minter Ellison Lawyers. "Do we need an ability to change policy benefits to reflect how medical treatment is changing all the time, while ...

Wake-up call for watchdog after inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... a broader debate on the regulator's role. "There are two types of regulators: the proactive and the reactive," Minter Ellison partner Maged Girgis said, adding that "ASIC by definition is more reactive, while APRA is more proactive." Girgis noted that ...

Portfolio disclosure's unintended consequences

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... portfolio company information on a website." Johnson's concerns are echoed by a legal opinion alert published on the Minter Ellison Lawyers website that says there are currently no materiality exemptions in the regulations and that "this raises issues ...

Murray inquiry initial submissions due today

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... recommend policy options and to create an open data regime to allow access to government data and modelling. Law firm Minter Ellison told journalists last week that it would be focusing its submission on the need for a review of the funds management ...

Murray inquiry should simplify investment tax structures

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... financial systems inquiry should be focusing on simplifying Australia's tax structure to encourage foreign investment, Minter Ellison partner Richard Batten said. The law firm will send a submission to the Murray inquiry that will stress the need to ...

Former ANZ, UBS exec to head new Bennelong division

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... in senior executive roles with ANZ, UBS and JBWere after working as a corporate and funds management lawyer at Minter Ellison. During her career, Rowland has focused on the high net worth and ultra-high net worth segment holding various positions across ...

Ex-Macq banker to head retirement home company

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
Ernst & Young's former South Australia managing partner and Minter Ellison advisory board member Mark Butcher will lead a retirement village company. On Tuesday Masonic Homes said Butcher, a prominent South Australian business leader, would become chairman ...

Advisers at risk over asset-based fees

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2013
... managed if the adviser remains true to their fiduciary duty, Richard Batten, financial services partner at law firm Minter Ellison, told Financial Standard. While Batten said that ASIC would come down hard on anyone misleading clients with asset-based ...

Legal challenges face default super inquiry

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... Council of Australia issued the warning at public hearings held by the Productivity Commission (PC) last week. Minter Ellison partner Maged Girgis, who spoke at the hearing on behalf of the Council, told Financial Standard that under options three and ...

MySuper outside government scope

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... implementing MySuper, the government is taking on a new role outside its current remit, said Maged Girgis, partner, Minter Ellison Lawyers. The criteria for inclusion on the list of default funds means that the government is undertaking a commercial ...