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AIST names Governance Code panel

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
... governance structures; and improve accountability and transparency. Scheerlinck told the Conference of Major Super Funds in Brisbane yesterday that super industry professionals must maintain focus on achieving the best outcomes for members, despite the ...

Regulatory disruption hampers long-term vision for super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... Superannuation Trustees chief executive Eva Scheerlinck in her opening address at the 2018 Conference of Major Super Funds in Brisbane this morning. Scheerlinck said the fragmented approach of different government inquiries, reviews by regulators and ...

ASIC bans former NAB, Westpac adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... banned a former NAB and Westpac adviser for five years for inappropriately providing superannuation and insurance advice. Brisbane-based financial adviser Christopher Ramsay was a representative of Westpac between 2010 and 2015. He went on to work at ...

BetaShares expands in Queensland

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
BetaShares is opening an office in Brisbane alongside a round of senior appointments to boost its national footprint. Leading BetaShares' Queensland presence is Craig Higson, who joins the ETF manager from SuperConcepts, where he was SMSF solutions ...

SuperConcepts acquires SMSF administrator

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
... financial planning practices. It administers and audits over 5000 SMSFs and has about 90 employees across Canberra and Brisbane. SuperConcepts chief executive Natasha Fenech said the acquisition is part of the firm's strategy to further build its market ...

Former QIC director joins FIIG

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... former QIC director to help the fixed income specialist's growth and direction. Stephen Mackie joins FIIG Securities' Brisbane office as the director of fixed income. He joins from QIC where he was a director and an investment specialist among the global ...

Industry veteran acquires SMSF administrator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
... "industrialisation" of modern SMSF administration through his acquisition of a boutique SMSF admin firm. David Busoli has acquired Brisbane-based SMSF Alliance, a provider of SMSF and non-super administration, tax and investment services. In doing so ...

Grant Thornton adds financial services partner

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... areas and issues. This appointment follows the recent return of partner Chris Watson to the financial advisory team in Brisbane and the appointment of Branko Panich within the technology advisory team of Grant Thornton Consulting. Panich has more than ...

Fund manager chief executive moves to QIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... management and business development roles at Frontier Advisors, Colonial First State and BT Funds Management. Based in Brisbane, Hill will report to QIC managing director, global multi-asset, Jim Christensen. The latter said Hill will act as an outsourced ...

UBS restructures global wealth arms

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... Gary MacKenzie, Andrew Lees, Leigh Birtles and Don Chandler were among the of senior advisers from Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane who, together with senior management, have led the push for the creation of a new partnership firm. UBS Australia's former ...