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Retirement specialist makes board appointment

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
An Australian retirement income solution provider appointed an independent non-executive director to its board, effective June 1. Sally Evans has nabbed the role at Allianz Retire+, bringing with her more than 30 years' experience in investment, wealth ...

Advice group acquires software business

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... consulting, customization, workflow and e-learning management solutions to the advice industry. Its clients include Australian banks, mid-tier wealth institutions, financial advisories and dealer groups. Benbow said the COVID-19 crisis had opened advisers' ...

AFCA updates approach amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority will shift its dispute resolution approach, prioritising complaints that relate to COVID-19. The ombudsman said although COVID-19 complaints would be fast-tracked, the circumstances under which financial ...

Macquarie shares halve in COVID-19 sell-off

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... across the globe," he said. "Effectively, because of how considerable the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak will be on the Australian and global economy, markets are pricing in a world where central banks will have to keep rates effectively at 0%, and ...

Australia narrowly avoids 0.9% GDP blow: KPMG

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... government's fiscal stimulus package, announced on Thursday last week, will soften the impact of the coronavirus on the Australian economy and help boost business and consumer confidence. However, KPMG's chief economist Brendan Rynne said COVID-19 ...

ATO cracks down on HNWs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
The Australian Taxation Office has announced it will be expanding its Tax Avoidance Taskforce and introducing a new program targeting high wealth private groups. The ATO said in the 2016-17 financial year high wealth individuals and groups avoided paying ...

Advisers too time-poor for cash management

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
New research shows financial advisers are struggling to make time for important aspects of the advice process, including cash management. Macquarie's newly released Cash flow management opportunity report shows 93% of advisers recognise the value of ...

Raiz cuts AET amid Sargon saga

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
The board of investment platform Raiz has replaced Australian Executors Trustees (AET) as its independent custodian, in what comes as the latest development in the Sargon saga. Raiz has appointed Perpetual Corporate Trust as its new independent custodian ...

Where to from here?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... reflects on the year that was and how the playbook - and rules - changed for advisers. It's been 12 months since the financial services sector was hit with Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's final report. And while the big banks appeared to be early casualties ...

Wealth manager makes senior appointment

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... funds management business. Its corporate arm provides research, advisory and equity and debt capital market services to Australian institutions.