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Fractional farmland investing platform launches

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2023
Real estate and advisory firm LAWD partnered with fractional investing platform Bricklet to launch LAWD Bricklet, a venture designed to democratise ownership of Australian farmland. The offering sees a LAWD Bricklet 'head title' split into a co-ownership ...

MA Financial establishes Singapore office

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
... grounds. Obviously, we have relatively strong economic performance, stable political system, a well-tested regulatory and legal system at the macro level. And certainly, I think the issue around Australia is that we have not done a great job at marketing ...

Farewell Michael Harrison

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... friendship." Trapnell cited Harrison's work in developing the NextGen bootcamp for young advisers and Synchron's legal battle against the State Revenue Office of Victoria in relation to payroll tax being applied to the earnings of small advice ...

AMP fined $24m for charging deceased customers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
... and processes in recent years designed to prevent this from recurring. We engaged constructively with ASIC throughout the legal process, and we acknowledge today's judgment and the conclusion of the matter."

Abolishing FDSs a major win: Panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
... mess," he said. "What happened is a lot of product providers have looked at the opt-in changes, gotten their own individual legal advice, and then kicked off their own projects to prepare. And that's why we've ended up with some not accepting ...

PwC picks senior leaders to oversee review

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
... Meanwhile, going forward, O'Malley will be responsible for all aspects of ethics and compliance. The current PwC global legal business solutions leader will step into his new position as chief risk and ethics leader immediately and help conduct the ...

AustralianSuper mistake spurs call for regulatory intervention

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
... fix this problem across the super system and getting funds to sort out intra-fund consolidation is the first step." QMV Legal managing partner Jonathan Steffanoni noted that the "Protecting Your Super" reforms introduced a default account stapling law ...

PwC senior leaders step down over tax scandal

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023
... managing partner, financial advisory and Asia Pacific Americas tax leader and, prior to that, managing partner, tax and legal. In January, an investigation by the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) found former PwC head of international tax Peter-John Collins ...

UBS outlines new operating model, leadership

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
... heads will report to both their respective UBS executive board member and Körner. "The integration of the businesses and legal entities will take time. But adding Credit Suisse to UBS's highly capital-accretive business model, diversified revenue streams ...

ASIC, APRA reviewer deprioritised by government

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
... instead allocated $1.9 million over two years to establish a public registry of beneficial ownership of companies and other legal vehicles, including trusts, and $5 million over five years to continue a superannuation consumer advocate to improve members' ...