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Boutique hires fund services lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... purchase a property or infrastructure assets. Tran was also part of the Trust Company, working as an assistant manager and legal counsel before it was taken over by Perpetual. AMAL provides loan servicing, corporate trust and agency services. It has ...

ASIC okay with virtual AGMs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
... companies an additional two months to hold their annual general meetings (AGMs). Last year on May 5, the g overnment made it legal for companies to switch their meetings (including AGMs) from physical locations to videoconferencing, to cater for pandemic ...

AFCA left toothless on Mayfair complaints

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... that it does point complainants to other relevant avenues of information or assistance - such as the relevant regulator, or legal aid, or Lifeline - when appropriate. ASIC succeeded in winding up Mayfair 101 debenture issuer M101 in January after provisional ...

Chester eyes ASIC chair role

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... lawyers" to work through his employment issues out of his own pocket. O'Neill pressed Shipton on how much he paid for legal advice to fight for his job, given that ordinary Australians do not have the same privilege. He declined to answer, saying ...

Super funds to answer to new APRA enforcer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... superannuation sector. Announcing the appointment, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said Cole has extensive experience in regulatory and legal fields across both the private and public sectors. She has worked as managing director of enforcement and financial ...

Low pass rate for latest FASEA exam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... FASEA revealed that analysis of the exam results showed that advisers underperformed in financial advice regulatory and legal obligations questions - particularly in relation to documentation, the Corporations Act and differentiating personal and general ...

Former AMP adviser in enforceable undertaking

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
The glamorous financial adviser wife of an ex-NRL player has been ordered to pay ASIC's legal costs and comply with its enforceable undertaking. Jenan Thorne - wife of former Canterbury Bulldogs player Robin Thorne - was prevented from providing financial ...

ATO warns of new SMSF scheme

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... plan for retirement and look for ways to maximise retirement assets and income, it is also important to remember what the legal requirements are. "We have recently identified a new scheme where SMSF trustees were informed that they can set up a new SMSF ...

Mawhinney not dishonest, just irresponsible: ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... dishonesty by Mr Mawhinney." The lawyer added: "His conduct is indicative of serious irresponsibility and disregard for his legal obligations and ASIC puts it no higher than that and accepts that it does not allege conscious dishonesty." During the hearing ...

Managed accounts FUM inch to $100bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... account services at $38.9 billion (up 28% year on year). Potter said the significant increase in SMA assets reflect a one-off legal transition of a large platform's FUM from the "other services" category as it changed the legal structure under which ...