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ASIC bans adviser who misled TPB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
ASIC banned a financial adviser who was found to have lied to the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) to remain registered and provided advice to clients despite being unable to manage his own tax affairs. John Hazell, formerly managing director of Richmond ...

Ares buys GCP International in $5.5bn deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
Ares Management Corporation will acquire the international business of GLP Capital Partners and certain affiliates, boosting its assets under management (AUM) by $65 billion (US$44bn). The business, known as GCP International, is being bought for $5.5 ...

Moneysoft acquired by MUFG Pension & Market Services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024
MUFG Pension & Market Services has acquired 100% of financial software Moneysoft, with plans to integrate the technology into its retirement product portfolio. Moneysoft has become part of the Retirement Solutions business at MUFG Pension & Market Services ...

Commonwealth Bank shakes up executive leadership team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2024
... team after two senior members signalled their intent to retire next year. Commonwealth Bank chief risk officer Nigel Williams and human resources group executive Sian Lewis will both step down on 16 February 2025. Williams, who's been with the bank for ...

Australian Food Super picks TAL for group insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
The $3 billion industry superannuation fund has transitioned its group insurance arrangements to TAL. It marks the end of a five-year mandate with AIA, which took over as the fund's group life insurer in September 2019 from MetLife. Effective September ...

GESB adopts Protecting Your Super reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2024
GESB, the public sector fund for Western Australia, has had its governing regulations amended to enable its adoption of the 2019 Protecting Your Super reforms - part of a broader suite of changes it's looking to implement to ensure sustainability. This ...

eToro acquires Spaceship, sets sights on super sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
The global trading and investment platform is tapping into the superannuation sector with the acquisition of Spaceship, in a deal worth as much as $80 million. eToro has agreed to acquire Spaceship, expanding its local business and suite of offerings. ...

ACCC approves Lendlease, Stockland property deal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... ACCC to divest its Forest Reach masterplanned community project near Dapto in the Illawarra. ACCC commissioner Philip Williams said without the divestment, the proposed acquisition would've combined the largest masterplanned community projects in an ...

ATO revises advice fee tax deductibility rules

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has confirmed financial advice fees for tax-related guidance are deductible where the advice is provided by a Qualified Tax Relevant Provider (QTRP). Releasing a final guidance yesterday, the ATO said: "Fees for ...

HUB24 takes stake in Reach Alternatives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
HUB24 is entering a strategic alliance with Reach Alternatives, taking a minority holding in the private equity platform. Reach Alternatives provides access to institutional-grade private equity funds, curating and structuring them so non-institutional ...