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Blue Sky invests $20m in Oak Tree retirement villages

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
A fund managed by Blue Sky Private Equity (BSPE) has taken a significant minority stake in Australian retirement community operator Oak Tree Group, investing more than $20 million. The Oak Tree Group will use the investment to fund the development of ...

RSM Bird Cameron expands through Queensland merger

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... clients expanding their operations in Brisbane, including international clients, this merger has been a long term strategic plan and the timing is ideal for the national practice." The firm has also appointed Brad Hutchesson and Keiran Sullivan partners. ...

Russell appoints Mercer COO to head insto business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
Former Russell Investments assistant director of product and current Mercer COO for the Pacific region, Jodie Hampshire, has returned to the firm as its new head of institutional business in Australia. Hampshire joined Russell in 2000 and held a number ...

Class Super gains ground in SMSF software race

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... they're looking for capital shows that they can't pay for their technology," he said. He also suggested that Class Super's plan to go public may be a ruse on the part of shareholders to sell out. Yesterday, BGL announced that it had teamed up with SelfWealth ...

TPB starts consultation on TASA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has started consultations with stakeholders to clarify any uncertainty around the amendments to the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 (TASA). The TPB is helping advisers prepare for the regulatory change and providing them ...

Self-education cap "short sighted": SPAA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has criticised the Government's proposal to cap tax deductions for professional self-education at $2000. SPAA said that the decision is "short-sighted and self-defeating" and said that a self-managed ...

Henderson to grow local presence through "buy and build" approach

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... Matt Gaden and Australian chief operating officer Sophia Rahmani told Financial Standard about the group's "buy and build" plan at a meeting at its new Sydney office. Gaden said Henderson was in discussions with a number of boutique active fund managers ...

Limbo of uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... general. And then of course, there is the small issue of politics and policy changes - the latest of which is the KRudd's plan to scrap the carbon tax and move into ETS sooner and plugging the revenue hole this will create in the budget by raising taxes ...

CommInsure 'day one cover' available for CFS

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
CommInsure has introduced 'day one cover' as a service for Colonial First State (CFS) clients who purchase a Total Care Plan Super (TCPS) policy through the Superannuation Payment Method. The payment method uses rollover funds from the clients' CFS ...

Storm claim unfair and baseless: CBA

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has strongly reacted to the news that Storm Financial victims' lawyer will start legal proceedings against the $136 million settlement that the bank reached with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) last ...