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Club Plus Super increases women on trustee board

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
... recently appointed Senior Counsel (SC) for New South Wales. She is regarded as an expert in financial services law and corporate governance - in particular directors' duties - and has deep understanding of the legal and regulatory challenges confronting ...

SMSFs impacted by power of attorney rule changes

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... existing enduring powers of attorney as these are grandfathered under the new legislation. Townsends Business and Corporate Lawyers warned that particularly important for SMSF advisers is the provision prohibiting conflicted transactions. Examples of ...

American IRAs not super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... as a scheme payment in the nature of super upon retirement or death. Special counsel at Townsends Business & Corporate Lawyers, Michael Hallinan, said the decision means any payment from an IRA will have no special tax treatment in Australia under Division ...

Legalsuper appoints SA client service manager

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... Australian legal community as a sponsor of the CPD Conference Series of the Law Society of South Australia and national corporate partner of the Australasian Legal Practice Management Association (ALPMA)." Legalsuper's membership in South Australia ...

Platinum AM appoints independent director

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... at Ashurst law firm last year and until his retirement was consistently ranked as one of Australia's leading corporate lawyers. As head of China practice for Ashurst, he oversaw the Shanghai and Beijing offices of that firm and as a senior lawyer he ...

Higher education will not fix advice industry problems: Accountants

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... argued. It added that "enhanced education regulation will not eliminate the problems that have arisen from the various corporate collapses over the last five years." The CAANZ asked for the establishment of a professional education framework that transitions ...

Australia's unit trust dictum is killing the funds industry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... Australia importing more funds management services rather than becoming an exporter. Andrew Cannane, general manager, corporate client services at Perpetual Limited, said: "we see countries that don't understand trust structures. Like the US where anecdotally ...

NAB and FSC tight-lipped on Hockey meetings

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... issued no response. Very little information is available about what membership of the North Sydney Forum involves, 'Corporate & Business Members' and 'Private Patrons' get access to a 'private VIP boardroom function', and all become members of 'Friends ...

BGL forms alliance with DBA Lawyers

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
... DBA Lawyers has formed an alliance with self- managed superannuation fund (SMSF) administration software supplier BGL Corporate Solutions (BGL) to provide an automated SMSF document solution for trustees. Through BGL's Simple Fund 360 web SMSF administration ...

In estate planning, beware of remarried clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... advisers consider current spouses, former spouses and multitudes of children according to Townsends Business & Corporate Lawyers. "Great care must be taken not to set the estate up for a later claim by a potential beneficiary who believes they did not ...