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Nuveen appoints head of debt

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2022
Dugald Marr has been announced as the real estate investment manager's new the head of debt, Australia and New Zealand. Marr has over 20 years of experience working in real estate investment and debt financings, with previous roles including managing ...

ASIC highlights strategic priorities

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2022
... attack. ASIC chair Joe Longo said the plan identifies work that is underway, addressing several emerging trends and important law reforms that are reshaping the financial system, including digitally enabled misconduct, emerging technologies, climate ...

Calls to pay super on parental leave grow

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
HESTA has joined calls for superannuation to be paid on Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave entitlements, saying modelling shows it could see a mother of two retire with $14,000 more in her account. The super fund has joined a coalition of 18 organisations ...

Capital raisings remain possible: MinterEllison

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
While headwinds are challenging capital markets globally, MinterEllison's latest report suggests that the Australian market remains resilient. The report reflects the viewpoints of a group of capital markets experts, as they discussed trends and the ...

WA introduces new super laws for de facto couples

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2022
... married couples who'd separated were able to split their super. Doray Legal Family Lawyers explained, under the Family Law Act 1975, super was treated as property in Western Australia. However, super was treated differently to other types of property ...

MSC Trustees adds to board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2022
The fund services provider has welcomed two financial services industry veterans to its board ahead of its application to obtain CCIV authority. MSC Trustees has added Ruth McClelland and Steven O'Connell as non-executive directors, effective last week. ...

ASIC research guides retail investment regulations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
... products and the licensees who use them, threatening substantial penalties of their content contravenes financial services law. Cognisant of more than half of new investors being aged between 18 and 34 years old, Longo said: "It's encouraging to ...

US Senate passes $1tn Inflation Reduction Act

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
... that's what this Bill does - period." "The House should pass this as soon as possible and I look forward to signing it into law." Aside from making a down payment on deficit reduction to fight inflation, the Bill aims to lower energy costs, increase ...

Government strengthens multinationals tax laws

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
The Labor government is cracking down on multinational enterprises (MNEs) avoiding tax and transparency. Last week, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said it's the government's priority to make sure that multinational corporations pay a fair share of tax where ...

Advisers receive guidance on rights under FSCP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022
... panel include matters of insolvency, fraud, failure to approve a Statement of Advice, contraventions of financial services law, and refusal or failure to give effect to an Australian Financial Complaints Authority determination at least twice. However ...