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Financial services' biggest tax bills revealed

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
How much did Challenger, Perpetual, UBS and J.P. Morgan pay in taxes? The Australian Taxation Office has released the latest numbers. The ATO's latest Corporate Tax Transparency report found AMP Limited as the financial institution outside the big ...

SMSFs dump $30bn in shares

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
Self-managed superannuation funds have not been spared by the market impact of COVID-19, with members dumping their allocation to listed shares over the past year, new data shows. The Australian Taxation Office quarterly statistical report for September ...

Damning Rio report to shake mining industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
The damning report into Rio Tinto's destruction of the Juukan Gorge sacred sites has recommended mining companies completely change the way they do business, with super funds invested in miners already welcoming the findings. On 24 May 2020, Rio Tinto ...

Chief economist update: Confidence unlocks Australia's virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
"The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money." - James Madison We, Australians all, are in a good place for not only do we have more money thanks to the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Morrison government's largesse ...

AMP appoints advice transformation manager

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
AMP has announced a key appointment in the transformation of its financial advice business. Jill Hopkins has been appointed advice program transformation manager. "Jill has extensive knowledge of the financial advice industry and is playing a key role ...

WA Super trio launches boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
WA Super's former chief investment officer Chris West and two others have launched a new investment consultancy, following the completion of its merger with Aware Super. Context Capital will provide investment advice to advice businesses, wealth ...

Charter Hall, Allianz Real Estate acquire assets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
Charter Hall Group has expanded its 50/50 joint venture with Allianz Real Estate with the acquisition of distribution centres. The Charter Hall Prime Industrial Fund and Allianz Real Estate have paid $281.5 million for two ALDI distribution centres ...

Westpac sells Pacific to PNG bank

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
Westpac has announced the sale of Westpac Fiji and the majority stake of its operations in Papua New Guinea to Kina Securities. Kina Securities will pay $420 million for Westpac Fiji and 89.91% of Westpac PNG Limited which combined have net assets of ...

Aware Super completes WA Super merger

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
The industry superannuation fund has completed its merger with WA Super initiated earlier this year and now has $135 billion in assets and one million members. The merger gives Aware Super 60,000 members in Western Australia. The smaller fund's ...

AMP Capital APAC managing director exits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
AMP Capital's managing director for the Asia Pacific region has departed as the investment giant realigns its focus. A spokesperson for AMP Capital has confirmed the exit of Craig Keary, saying the role of Asia Pacific managing director is no longer ...