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Focus to acquire stake in MEDIQ

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... partner with Ravi Agarwal's MEDIQ Financial Services which specialises in accounting, investment, insurance, tax and legal and financial advice for medical professionals and their families. It has about 310 clients across Australia and a Melbourne-based ...

Dealer group restructures leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... four new senior positions have been established to lead the dealer group - general manager, operations; general manager, legal and compliance; head of compliance - policy and regulatory and head of compliance - advice assurance. The two new heads of ...

Industry fund pushes for simpler super splitting

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
One of the nation's largest super funds has joined forces with Women's Legal Service Victoria (WLSV) to simplify the process of splitting super assets. HESTA said it is working with WLSV to remove barriers preventing women from claiming their fair share ...

Retail fund faces class action on MySuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
Thousands of MySuper account holders with Colonial First State will pursue legal action against the fund. Maurice Blackburn Lawyers today filed a class action against CFS in relation to alleged breaches of super trustee duties that it said have caused ...

NAB builds banking team, cuts fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... a separate announcement, the bank said it is removing over 100 fees as part of a fee clean-up program. NAB plans remove legal fees for business lending customers, repeat statement fees and extra fees applied on top of the conversion rate for foreign ...

Wills and BDBN raise adviser interest

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... control of the fund after the death of the member and whether there's a binding death nomination that meets all the legal requirements. "While binding death nominations in an SMSF can be problematic for the unwary it can still offer greater planning ...

HESTA appoints new director

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
... the fund's board,. Ismail was elected by the ACTU Executive to represent them on the HESTA board. She is a lawyer and the legal and industrial officer for the ACTU. She has held a range of legal and policy advice laws and has represented unions, workers ...

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 ...

Advice firm rebrands, confirms independence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... advice practice is readying itself for the future of advice, rebranding and restructuring its business model to now meet the legal requirements for independence. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Hogben Farrell Financial Planning in Kew, Victoria has ...

ASX invests in e-property settlements business

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... ASX managing director and chief executive Dominic Stevens said. "InfoTrack is the ideal partner as the market leader in legal and property search. It has 18 years' experience and brings a deep understanding of, and connectivity to, the property conveyancing ...