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Evolution Trustees begins global alliance

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
Local trustee and responsible entity services provider Evolution Trustees is partnering with a global firm aiming to scale up its Australian presence. The alliance with TMF Group will provide another option for foreign investors in Australia who require ...

ASIC approves world-first fintech exemptions

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
ASIC is delivering specific licensing exemptions for eligible fintech businesses, in a move the regulator described as a world-first. Under ASIC's new class waivers, fintech businesses will be able to test certain services without having to hold an ...

Bentleys NSW takes the leap into financial planning

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
Mid-tier accounting, taxation and audit firm, Bentleys NSW, has launched a new financial advisory division, Bentleys Wealth Advisors. Led by newly appointed managing director of Bentleys Wealth Advisors, Matthew Cassidy, the division is focused on offering ...

Executive reshuffle at KPMG

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... Australia/New Zealand. Chief financial officer of KPMG Australia, Damian Templeton, said Wishart is "well placed to lead our IT Services team, with his extensive experience and cross-industry exposure. He also has significant global expertise and is ...

Philanthropists contribute to Australian literature

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 8 NOV 2015
Perpetual has confirmed the winner of this year's Patrick White Literary award, established by the writer and philanthropist to support Australia's literary community. Novelist and short story writer Joan London is the winner of the award. She will ...

Philanthropists award $1.5m to medical researchers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
The Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Foundations have distributed almost $1.5 million to seven biomedical researchers. The foundations' trustee, Perpetual, confirmed that $1 million of the philanthropic funds will go towards research that is looking to reduce ...

Advisers key to encourage charitable giving

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
Less than 10% of Australians leave a charitable gift in their will, but financial advisers could help change that. According to Perpetual, 87% of Australians support a charity during their lifetime, but the percentage shrinks to 29% for people that ...

Treasury proposes higher regulatory levies for super funds

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
The Treasury has issued its proposed regulatory levies for 2015/16. Under the new proposal, APRA-regulated institutions will collectively pay $117.5 million to help fund the prudential regulator, a half-percent increase on the previous financial year. ...

Managed Account Holdings to invest in advisory firms

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
Managed Account Holdings recently announced it will be investing into financial advisory firms with a $5 million expansion capital proposal to wholly owned subsidiary Planner Holdings Limited (PHL). The current proposal suggests PHL will hold up to ...

Fintechs issued AFSL warning

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
Some financial technology (fintech) businesses may be unwittingly providing financial services without an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) or Australian Credit Licence (ACL), putting themselves in breach of the law and opening themselves ...