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Stop undermining franking credit refunds: Wilson

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
Wilson Asset Management chair Geoff Wilson warned the proposed changes to franking credit refunds will not only damage the Australian economy but undermine the tax system. Wilson presented an economic case on why both sides of politics should safeguard ...

APRA not clear how to police BEAR breaches

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... testimony on the Royal Commission's final day, Byres told senior counsel assisting Michael Hodge that while it had an interim plan to manage breaches by an accountable person at a bank under BEAR, it hadn't fully fleshed out its enforcement strategy ...

Investment manager chair retires

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
The chairman at one of Australia's largest institutional investors, and a long-time industry superannuation fund advocate, will retire next week. IFM Investors chair Garry Weaven will leave his role at the firm's board meeting on December 4, and ...

Former planner charged with dishonesty

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
ASIC has charged a former financial planner with 13 dishonesty offences, for allegedly transferring SMSF funds to his own businesses. Bradley Grimm - who previously ran the now wound-up Ostrava Equities - allegedly transferred funds from the SMSFs of ...

Tax treatment of granny flats under review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... support those seeking help with elder abuse and we are working with State and Territory Attorneys-General to develop a national plan to respond to the abuse of older Australians," Assistant Treasurer Stuart Robert said.

Chief economist update: The angel in the capex details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
Australian actual total capital expenditure was down 0.5% in the third quarter following a 0.9% decline in the second and lower than market expectations for a 1% pick up. That's the headline splattered on our screens when the Australian Bureau of ...

Equity Trustees adds former family office leader to board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
A former Mutual Trust chief executive is set to join the board of Equity Trustees. Tim Hammon has been appointed as a non-executive director of Equity Trustees, adding 10 years of leadership experience at one of Australia's prominent multi-family offices ...

Blue Sky LIC adds new directors, denied pay rise

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
Two new board directors have been appointed to oversee the Blue Sky Alternative Access Fund. At the same time, a six-figure aggregate increase to the annual remuneration of non-executive directors was not approved by shareholders. Based on proxy forms ...

Miscalculations delay remediation, more issues emerge: AMP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
AMP has issued a clarifying statement following interim chief executive Mike Wilkins' testimony to the Royal Commission that the fees-for-no-service issue was initially expected to cost $1.2 billion and take nine years to remedy. He also flagged ...

NEOS continues growth trajectory

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... fast." Yardley said. NEOS recently appointed Sargon as the trustee of its new insurance-only superannuation fund NEOS Super Plan. NEOS Super Plan provides financial advisers with a pay-by-super option for their client's NEOS Protection life insurance ...