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Professional financial advice outpacing self-directed

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... larger portion (60%) are increasingly using professional advice in the form of a financial planner, broker, accountant and lawyer. The numbers come from an annual joint study by Deloitte Access Economics and the ASX. It showed respondents are seeking ...

Board changes at Sandon Capital

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... Capital Investments added a new member to its board. The value investor replaced non-executive director Paul Jensen with lawyer Peter Velez. Velez has 28 years' experience in corporate law specialising in equity capital markets, mergers and acquisitions ...

AFA recruits for professionalism

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... governance. AFA chief executive Phil Kewin said the association is pleased to welcome Vogel. "She is a highly-qualified lawyer with over 30 years' legal experience including as general counsel and company secretary for listed and unlisted organisations. ...

Beneficiaries unfamiliar with death benefits

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
A large number of death benefit complaints could be avoided if trustees communicate to members and beneficiaries proper internal dispute resolution processes. This is particularly true when it comes to death benefits, according to the Superannuation ...

WTW launches insto platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
Willis Towers Watson has launched a platform that aims to clean up operational complexities facing investment managers and disrupt the world of institutional investing. The Asset Management Exchange or 'AMX' provides a centralised back-office and standardised ...

Advisers to be judged by peers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
Whether or not individuals in financial services should be banned for misconduct may be decided by their peers, with ASIC calling on the industry to consult on the establishment of a new panel. The proposed Financial Services Panel would provide the ...

Hunter Hall LIC chair ousted

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... Geoff Wilson lodged a requisition of shareholdings meeting to remove HHV's board and appoint three independent directors: lawyer Kym Evans, Affinity Capital founder Emma Davidson and former Australian Financial Review editor Glenn Burge. Wilson said ...

Super fund private equity demand growing

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) regulation, Minter Ellison partner and expert corporate and acquisition transactional lawyer Victoria Allen pointed out. This major overhaul of foreign investment rules, which came into effect in December 2015 ...

Life code needs work: ASIC

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
... scheme. Even if a consumer has another review service in the event of a claims dispute, they will still want to speak to a lawyer."

First Super appoints director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... comprises five female members following the addition of a new director. Janet Gilbert, a legal and industrial relations lawyer with the Timber Trade Industrial Association, joins the industry fund's board as an employer representative. She replaces Martin ...