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Taxpayers Australia supports Board of Tax recommendation

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
Taxpayers Australia has announced its support for the Board of Tax recommendation to redefine the small business turnover threshold from $2 million to $3 million to keep pace with inflation. "Relief to small business is necessary as they do not have ...

IOOF hires sales manager from BT

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
IOOF has appointed a former BT Financial Group key account manager as national sales manager for investments. Daniel Dalton will be responsible for leading the distribution of IOOF's MultiMix investment funds and WealthBuilder Investment Bonds to the ...

We'll underwrite when it suits us: Delaney

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
AustralianSuper may act like an investment bank in underwriting future transactions, but only when it gives the fund a better deal on long-term investments, the fund's chief investment officer Mark Delaney has said. Earlier this year AustralianSuper ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
This year has been another busy one for the financial servives industry. FoFA remained on the radar and the Financial System Inquiry has the potential to change things in a big way. The Financial Standard team takes a look at the issues that made waves ...

Royal commission must look at 'full picture': TWUSUPER CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
Incoming TWUSUPER chief executive Paul Sayer has questioned the motivation of the Royal Commission into Union Governance and Corruption, urging the commissioner to take a balanced view in his initial findings, which are due out on Monday. Just over ...

Second Gwen Fletcher award winner named

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
A Crowe Horwath financial planner has won the Financial Planning Association's (FPA) second Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award. Amy Early, has been a financial planner for two years and received the award for being the highest achieving student in last semester's ...

Industry funds reject majority independent directors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
David Murray's recommendation that super fund boards comprise a majority of directors has met with mixed responses from the industry, with the retail side welcoming it but the not-for-profit side broadly rejecting it. Media reports, meanwhile, have ...

SMSF court case highlights penalty uncertainties

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
The Federal Court's ruling on a case involving two self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees who used their fund for personal matters has highlighted the uncertainty around penalties. The fund, totaling more than $260k, was used to purchase residential ...

Hastings appoints new TIF portfolio manager

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
Hastings appointed a new portfolio manager for The Infrastructure Fund (TIF) to replace Peter Siapikoudis, who has moved to the role of portfolio manager, Australian mandates. Jonathan van Rooyen will take over responsibility for the TIF, managing the ...

Industry welcomes grandfathering deal

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
The financial services industry has welcomed the parliamentary agreement between the Coalition and Labor to fix the unintended consequences of scrapping grandfathering from the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation. The Financial Planning Association ...