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Blue Sky LIC adds new directors, denied pay rise

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... and founder of JB & Partners Corporate Advisory, specialising in corporate succession planning. The AGM also saw the proposal of an $110,000 increase to the total aggregate amount payable to a non-executive director of BAF in any financial year. The ...

Labor franking credit changes fair but not the best: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... Parliament's inquiry into the implications of removing refundable franking credits. The good and bad of Labor's proposal Put forth in March this year, Labor's proposal could help improve the Budget according to Grattan. The Budget is set ...

Read the whole thing: FASEA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
In his first address to the financial advice industry, FASEA chief executive Stephen Glenfield urged advisers and stakeholders to ensure they read the authority's draft legislation in its entirety to avoid further confusion. Addressing the 2018 FPA ...

Merger to create $885m LIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... 2019. The CYA board said the merger is in the best interests of the shareholders and intends to vote in favour of the proposal. The merged LIC will be managed by Wilson Asset Management, CYA's current investment manager. CYA ended its seven-year ...

ASIC moves to make licensees FASEA compliant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
ASIC has opened consultation on a regulatory update that would see FASEA's minimum education requirements imposed on the responsible manager of a licensee. The regulator has proposed updates to Regulatory Guide 105 that would reflect the professional ...

Chief economist update: The Middle Kingdom's middling growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
... China-US trade dispute were key factors weighing on sentiment at the start of the fourth quarter." The recent draft tax cut proposal (slated to take effect in January next year) should help revitalise domestic demand but the China-US trade dispute solely ...

Pinnacle drops fees in Blue Sky fund bid

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... separates from its current manager Blue Sky Alternative Investments Limited (BLA). Aware Water Group has also made a proposal to acquire BAF's interest in Blue Sky Water Fund. On October 18, Pinnacle and BAF's board reached an agreement under ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone growth slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... respondents haven't factored in the developing crisis in Italy yet (Brussels rejected Italy's budget deficit proposal on the October 24). But even sans Italy - whose economy showed no growth in the third quarter - Chris warns that "...forward-looking ...

Chief investment officer retires

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... dividend imputation system and tax the Australian shareholders twice. The "savings" to be collected under Labor's proposal will come from low-income earners and self-funded retirees with modest SMSF balances. Many of our 80,000 shareholders fall ...

Life insurer early intervention reforms dumped

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... protections." "While the committee has heard about such approaches being used for non-medical rehabilitation and the FSC's proposal for medical rehabilitation, the committee is concerned about how widespread this practice is," it said. Ultimately ...