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FSC calls for 22% company tax

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... reverse Australia's collapsing competitiveness and flat productivity." Modelling commissioned by the FSC and conducted by KPMG shows that these cuts can be fully funded by increasing the Goods and Services Tax (GST) to 15% and will at the same time offer ...

EQT creates new division, appoints head

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... business. EQT's Superannuation Trustee Office will become Superannuation & Portfolio Services (SPS), and will be led by current KPMG director, wealth advisory Mark Blair. The new division continues EQT's long history of providing superannuation fund ...

China emerging as fintech leader

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
China is taking a leading presence in the fintech sector, according to KPMG research. In partnership with H2 Ventures, KPMG released the Fintech 100 report, which lists the top 50 established "leaders" in the sector along with 50 emerging companies. ...

EISS appoints CIO from Suncorp

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... the Suncorp superannuation and insurance businesses on investment related issues. Etherington has also held senior roles at KPMG and AMP. "Ross Etherington brings extensive investment and superannuation industry expertise and will lead the investment ...

Industry welcomes Innovation Statement

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... potential, with the task of bringing these ideas and products to the market," AVCAL chief executive Yasser El-Ansary said. KPMG also embraced the Government's new focus and what it called the "critical adjustment" of incentives and taxation. "As the ...

Women in Super names recipients of 2015 NSW scholarship program

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... Qualification Program. The latest batch of WIS scholars are: * Lola Oyetunji, Senior Consultant, Advisory, Superannuation KPMG * Dr Suzanne Doyle, Head of Advice, StatePlus * Jean Turner Chapman, Client Relationship Manager, First State Super * Jennifer ...

FPA hires professional standards, advocacy manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... manager to strengthen its policy team. Benjamin Marshan was previously associate director of wealth management advisory at KPMG Australia for over a year. Before that, he worked at StatePlus (previously State Super Financial Services) for over four years ...

Super funds must ramp cyber protections

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... underprepared for a cyber event and Australian firms must pick up their game. From a study of more than 1200 global chief executives, KPMG found only about half were prepared for a cyber event. One in five indicated that information security is the risk ...

UK regulator targets conflicts in investment consulting

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... report following in early 2017, could have significant knock-on effects for the Australian market. Last year, research from KPMG found that three-quarters of the contracts awarded to consultants for their investment services were given without a competitive ...

MLC takes axe to life insurance premiums

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... something we've dreamed up because of that [partnership]." Hackett said MLC was aware of the underinsurance issue in Australia. "KPMG did a study for the Financial Services Council (FSC) that showed 11.5 million working Australians are underinsured up ...