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ANZ transfers Will bank to Equity Trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... have existing relationships with Equity Trustees following its acquisition of ANZ Trustees a decade ago. "While thousands of law firms around the country also create wills and estate plans and hold them for safekeeping, none have our volume, and few ...

Former NSW adviser loses ban appeal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... they are not a fit and proper person to provide financial services or that they are likely to contravene a financial services law."

Budget 2024: Change to foreign investment rules

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... the transaction being executed "These reforms will also improve certainty for foreign investors by aligning Australia's tax law for foreign resident capital gains more closely with the OECD standards and international best practice," the Budget said. ...

Advisers urgently call on Treasury to recognise degrees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... or graduate diploma. Fox described the education pathway that recognises veteran advisers' experience that passed into law in September last year as a "great sense of achievement". "[We] saw the industry retain many long-standing stockbrokers and ...

Rest adds to C-suite with new appointment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
... and human resources, concluding her tenure as head of people services and governance. Murrell began her career in employment law with Herbert Smith Freehills before moving into the financial services sector.

Federal Court rejects two CBA class actions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
The Federal Court shut down two class actions against Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) relating to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF). AUSTRAC alleged as early as 2017 that the bank contravened the Anti-Money Laundering ...

Rest calls for removal of minimum work hours for super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
... rule for the superannuation guarantee to apply. Research conducted for Rest by CRNRSTONE found 82% of Australians think the law should be changed so that Australian workers - many of which are under 18 - can earn superannuation regardless of how many ...

Litigation funder disputes AMP BOLR settlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
The litigation funder of the AMP Buyer of Last Resort (BOLR) class action is negotiating its cut of the settlement money and could take home as much as $43 million. A notice of proposed settlement from the Federal Court shows the funder, Augusta Pool ...

ASIC clamps down on advisers, trustees cold calling

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
... around the adequacy of the client's existing fund, fees or expected performance - are misleading, they will be breaking the law. These entities must take steps to satisfy themselves about the accuracy of information they present to consumers," ASIC ...

Fidelity to roll out more active ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
The fund manager is looking to significantly boost its local lineup of active ETFs. Fidelity is seeking the approval of unitholders to modify the constitutions of a number of its managed funds to enable listing of a class of units on either the ASX ...