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Remembering Susan Ryan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... (ACSI) for six years and a member of the ASX Corporate Governance Council from 2003 to 2007. Ryan also held the role of independent chair at IAG & NRMA Superannuation Plan until 2011. ACSI chief executive Louise Davidson said she is terribly saddened ...

Former QSuper chief joins NZ Super Fund board

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
The former QSuper chief and the current chair of Commonwealth Bank's staff superannuation fund has been appointed to the board of the $44 billion NZ Super Fund for a five-year term. Rosemary Vilgan will join the board of guardians for NZ Superannuation ...

AMP Life awards mandate post acquisition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... Resolution Life today. "The appointment to AMP Life confirms Equity Trustees as the leading provider of independent superannuation trustee services in Australia," Equity Trustees managing director Mick O'Brien said. "It also marks another leading financial ...

Sole purpose test poses SMSF rent relief issue

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... SIS Act) could also see landlord's run into problems. According to the Self-managed Independent Superannuation Funds Association (SISFA) said these possible complications shouldn't put landlords off from trying to help their tenants. It pointed out that ...

SISFA relaunches membership to SMSF trustees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Self-managed Independent Superannuation Funds Association (SISFA) has redesigned and is relaunching its membership offering for SMSF trustees. SISFA said through existing communication channels and those of new associated partners and sponsors, up to ...

COVID-19 sparks renewed fight for commissions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... retain commissions, amid news big institutions are turning them off earlier than the law requires. The Association of Independent Financial Professionals (AIOFP) has made a submission on the implementation of the Royal Commission recommendations calling ...

Industry-made retirement models are self-serving: SCA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... advice models will not overcome these failings. We need a bigger solution. We see value in the review considering the independent advice model in the United Kingdom and how it could benefit Australian consumers if transferred here." SCA teamed up with ...

New partners at HLB Mann Judd

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... partnership team." HLB Mann Judd has 85 partners in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. It is a part of global network of independent professional accounting firms and business advisers in 150 countries.

SMSF auditors in firing line

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... of any condition. The various conditions imposed across the auditors were having a number of audits reviewed by an independent SMSF auditor for compliance with auditing standards, performing and reporting on specific independence threat assessments for ...

SMSF adviser hit with ban

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... Financial Management. ASIC found that Blazejczyk had recommended that his clients set up SMSFs despite them having low superannuation balances. This meant those clients were exposed to financial harm because the ongoing costs of operating the SMSFs where ...