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TAL Life CEO to sit on parent board

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
TAL Life Insurance Group (TAL) chief executive and managing director Jim Minto has been appointed to the board of Tokyo-based parent company Dai-ichi Life as executive officer. Minto will continue in his role as group chief executive of TAL. TAL chairman ...

BlackRock head of multi-manager departs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
BlackRock Australia has confirmed Scott Phillips, head of advisor networks and multi-manager, has left the company to pursue other opportunities. Phillips finished with BlackRock on 25 June 2013. Commenting on Phillips' departure BlackRock head of retail ...

State Street appoints new head of Australia

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has appointed Lochiel Crafter as head of its Australian operations following the departure of senior managing director Robert Goodlad. Crafter was previously SSgA's head of investments for the Asia-Pacific region ...

AMP issues profit warning on insurance claims

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
Wealth manager and insurer AMP has warned that its half-year profit is likely to come in below expectations. In a press release the financial services company said profit would likely come in between $415 million and $435 million, or roughly 13% lower ...

Aust(Q) merger with AustralianSuper 'in members' interest'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
The small Queensland-based industry super fund AUST(Q) Super has announced an 'in principle' merger with industry giant AustralianSuper, set to take place later this year following due diligence processes. AUST(Q) Super chair Bob Henricks said the merger ...

AustralianSuper to merge with AUST (Q) Super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
Industry giant AustralianSuper and Queensland-based AUST(Q) Super have announced an 'in principle' merger, set to take place later this year following due diligence processes. The merger will give AUST(Q) Super access to AustralianSuper's lower costs ...

ASIC releases more detail on limited AFS licence

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released guidance on applying for a limited Australian financial services (AFS) licence. The guide establishes the exact definition of a limited AFS licence and it gives more details on ...

Coalition opposes TASA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
The Coalition has opposed the changes to the Tax Agents Services Act (TASA) bill on the same day that the Parliamentary Joint Committee is due to present the results of its inquiry to the Parliament. "It is completely inappropriate to release this sort ...

Still in Goldilocks land

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
This is it! The is the time, this is the moment, this is the week when the most powerful man in the world set the record straight on this whole Fed tapering/unwinding/scaling back business. Can you hear that too, Virginia? The financial markets' collective ...

Industry bodies ask PJC for TASA extension

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
Industry bodies have asked the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) for a 12 month extension to allow enough time for the industry to comply with the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) 2009 bill. The PJC held its first meeting yesterday in Sydney and major ...