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Colley resigns from SMSF Association

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... SMSF Association announced today that key industry figure Graeme Colley has resigned from his position as director of technical and professional standards. SMSF Association chief executive and managing director Andrea Slattery said Colley has been an ...

Retention key driver behind planner salary increases

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
... employees across digital technology as of interest, and that 56% of employers believed financial planners with high level technical knowledge were in high demand. Commenting on the survey results, Peter Dawson, principal, The Dawson Partnership said ...

Crowe Horwath makes two senior appointments

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... this he was the lead tax partner for Energy & Natural Resources (ENR) Queensland, chair of the KPMG national ENR tax technical & training committee and a member of the KPMG national tax management services group. Pascall has also worked at the Australian ...

New Macquarie chair steps up

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... financial markets group. At the time, McCann said, "Peter is an experienced chairman and board director. He has brought many technical skills and industry knowledge to board and committee deliberations. "As a director of both the SFE and ASX, Peter gained ...

Fund managers not ready to enter new MIT tax regime

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... past, the ATO allowed some leeway in applying the tax law to investment trusts, including a 'practical' rather than a technical approach to certain key issues like fixed trust treatment and dealing with 'unders and overs'. "But from 1 July, fund managers ...

ME lifts profit 8pct

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... which launched in July 2015, has increased mobile-based transactions threefold, and the bank is close to finalising the technical infrastructure to display industry super member balances on its online and mobile banking platforms through a joint partnership ...

Western AM says credit to be positive in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
... "This has pushed real value back into our market and given us a chance to weigh back into credit, particularly as the technical and fundamental backdrop is much more supportive here in Australia."

Advisers looking for longevity and aged care solutions

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... planning are becoming key concerns for financial advisers, as demonstrated by the first Challenger Financial Standard Technical Services Forum. Challenger head of technical services Andrew Lowe spoke first, discussing the various different approaches ...

Advisers have assets test top of mind

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... Challenger. Although test changes affecting Age Pension eligibility will come in to effect from 1 January 2017, Challenger's technical services team said the issue had topped queries for the 2015 December quarter. Rounding out the top three queries from ...

EQT creates two new roles in restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
... Trustees for more than 10 years, and most have over five years with the business. "This depth and breadth of experience and technical knowledge, as well as our approach in ensuring we understand the latest developments and changes in a complex and demanding ...