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KKR offers $2.6b to acquire MYOB

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
... all shareholders," the company said. "MYOB shareholders do not need to take any action in relation to the proposal at this stage. There is no certainty that the proposal will result in a transaction." UBS Group AG and CBA both ceased to be substantial ...

YTML launches advice app aggregator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
... YTML is launching a financial advice app store. The Seido Financial Advice App Store will enable apps designed for each stage of the advice journey to work together to efficiently create compliant advice documents. Some of the providers already involved ...

ASIC outlines code monitoring expectations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
The corporate regulator released guidance on the new code of ethics compliance schemes for financial advisers. The new Regulatory Guide 269 outlines the process and criteria ASIC will use in determining whether to approve a compliance scheme, as well ...

Don't use multiple SMSFs to dodge tax: ATO

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
Self-managed super fund trustees are using multiple SMSFs to manipulate tax outcomes, Australian Taxation Office deputy commissioner superannuation James O'Halloran said in his speech to the National SMSF Conference in Melbourne. The ATO believes 13,600 ...

LIC invests in crypto platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018
A listed investment company has secured a 25% stake in a cryptocurrency issuance platform. First Growth Funds (FGF) invested US$285,000 in FutureICO, an initial coin offering platform that helps companies to issue tokens and digital currency. As part ...

BTFG faces possible union action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
The Finance Sector Union is planning urgent workplace meetings and teleconferences with BT Financial Advice employees impacted by a planned restructure of BT Financial Group's advice offering. Last week BT Financial Group told Financial Standard ...

AMP, CBA respond to record class action bid

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... vast majority of fund members," he said. AMP has also not received any formal notification of legal proceedings at this stage.

Hostplus VC assets to hit $1bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... - but "there is more to come." The fund's venture capital strategy is spread across a number of private equity and early stage investment firms, including Blackbird Ventures ($160m), Carthona Capital ($50m), Brandon Capital ($40m), Siguler Guff ($20m) ...

TCorp restructure nears completion

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
An investment team transformation at TCorp is in its final stages. The $93 billion public sector fund manager recently farewelled its head of equities and made two internal appointments as part of the restructure. TCorp head of equities Peter Laity ...

Women missing from C-suite lineups

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
Women take up less than one in five positions in the C-suites of financial services companies, even though they account for more than half of the entry-level workforce. According to new research from McKinsey & Co, women are also 24% less likely than ...