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Vision Super appoints new CFO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... appointment of Julia Pryor as Vision Super's General Counsel at the end of last year. Pryor has over 17 years' experience as a lawyer in the financial services industry. "These two new appointments bring the right mix of talent and experience to Vision ...

Planners race to plug gap in aged care advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
The wealth management industry has been slow to keep pace with the growing demand for aged care advice and those that have taken steps early in the game are already reaping the benefits. Mounting data suggests the next big trend in financial planning ...

BFO board adds Vamos and Chronican

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group in Australia Philip Chronican will be joining its board. Vamos is a qualified lawyer and has over 20 years' experience in the financial services industry. She has been a regulator, corporate counsel, head of ...

Co-operation key to avoiding pain from ASIC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... investigation from the regulator has raised questions about the best way to respond to scrutiny. Dr Hillary Ray, senior lawyer at The Fold says that businesses shouldn't underestimate how helpful the regulator can be if approached the right way. "The ...

SMSFs warned over incapacity planning

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
Often the risks of a self-managed super fund director becoming incapacitated are ignored, a leading lawyer has warned. Speaking last week at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) national conference, Bryce Figot, director, DBA Lawyers ...

New board member to tackle Asia growth: La Trobe

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... a research fellow at Tsing Hua University Beijing where he manages research and education programs. Chan is a qualified lawyer able to practice law both in Australia and China.

APRA's SMSF loan warning berated

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)'s warning about the complexities of self-managed super fund (SMSF) loans has been questioned by a number of industry professionals. APRA executive general manager for policy Chris Littrell warned ...

New Westpac director to start in Feb

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2013
Former chairman of Allens law firm, Ewen Crouch will start as an independent non-executive director on Westpac Banking Corporation's board from February this year. Crouch has headed Allens' board since 2009, and is recognised as one of Australia's best ...

Advisers must change mindset in face of FoFA

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... perspective, not a regulatory perspective that advisers are facing the biggest challenge." "When you think about what a doctor or lawyer does, they are not selling you drugs or case notes, they are selling you their time. That is how financial planners ...

Beware greedy SMSF intermediaries

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Competition for business amid the rapid growth of the SMSF industry is in danger of diluting the quality of service for the end client, according to a number of industry professionals. India-based Sundaram Business Services has been operating in Australia ...