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NSW Treasury appoints productivity commissioner

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... commissioner and the current chair of Sydney Financial Forum has been appointed a top role at New South Wales Treasury. Joining the NSW Government as its first productivity commissioner is Peter Achterstraat. His mandate is to "bust red tape and make ...

AMP to fight class actions, prioritise performance

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
... manager between 6 May 2013 and 13 April 2018. An additional class action filed by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan in the NSW Supreme Court will represent those who purchased AMP shares from 10 May 2012 up until 15 April 2018. In its statement AMP said ...

Insto investment committees step away from status quo

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... as the total portfolio approach, a step away from traditional strategic asset allocation and sequential investment models. NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp) chief investment officer Stewart Brentnall said the latter is still prevalent in the industry ...

ASIC drags NSW adviser to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
A financial adviser who allegedly recommended his clients set up SMSFs and invest funds in a company where he was a director; and claimed life insurance commissions from illegitimate applications, will face the Federal Court this month. ASIC has commenced ...

Centuria bets on ex-CBD Sydney office building

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... to acquire a Sydney office building located about seven kilometers away from the CBD, as it sees strong performance in the NSW metropolitan office market. The Centuria Metropolitan REIT (CMA) acquired 50% interest in the $172 million St Leonards property ...

Elders appoints four advisers

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... financial advisers, including one of its first to be located in Sydney CBD. The appointments include: Bishal Chhetri from Sydney (NSW), Steve Salvemini from Glenelg (SA), Brett Stephenson from the Sunshine Coast (QLD) and Kristina Duke from Rockhampton ...

Suncorp names new chair

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
... Council, leaving the role in 2015 to join the bank. McLoughlin is currently a director of nib Holdings and chairman of Venues NSW. Commenting on the appointment of his successor, Switkowski said he was delighted with the selection of McLoughlin as the ...

New chair, deputy chair for industry fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... the former president of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is a past president and current director of the NSW Business Chamber, and currently holds an additional directorship with TCW Consulting. Succeeding Wetherall as deputy chair ...

Advisers no longer standing still on social media

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... offering professional and corporate level packages" that seek to solve advisers' social media problems. Loneragan was a former NSW executive state manager at Ord Minnett before launching Latch as a startup in 2016.

CountPlus firm acquires NSW practice

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
A CountPlus financial planning member firm will acquire 100% of a New South Wales accounting practice. Robson Partners will acquire Walker & Andrews with the process finalising on May 1. CountPlus described the acquisition as "earnings-accretive" for ...