New property listings surged in January 2020

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Figures released by SQM Research reveal national residential property listings increased in January by 2.2% from 288,966 in December 2019 to 295,295. Compared to 12 months ago, listings were down... Read more continue reading

FASEA releases 2020 Legislative Instrument for Relevant Providers Degrees, Qualifications and Courses Standard

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FASEA has registered the 2020 Legislative Instrument and Explanatory Statement for its Corporations (Relevant Providers Degrees, Qualifications and Courses Standard) Determination 2020 on the Federal Register of Legislation. This new... Read more continue reading

New management team to lead Synchron

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Synchron has announced a major management reorganisation, establishing four new senior positions, including a General Manager (GM), Operations, responsible for the day-to-day running of the business and a General Manager... Read more continue reading

Boost to Equity Trustees Business Development team with two new appointments

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Australia’s leading trustee company, Equity Trustees, has made two new appointments to its Trustee and Wealth Services (TWS) Business Development team. Based in Sydney, Tomas Klein, formerly an executive at... Read more continue reading

Budget deficit is $1 billion above forecasts

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Monthly budget statement The Monthly Financial Statements for December 2019 report the budget position against the expected monthly profile for the 2019-20 financial year through to 31 December 2019, based... Read more continue reading

AMP announces Chief Financial Officer appointment

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AMP has confirmed the appointment of James Georgeson as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective 3 February 2020. Mr Georgeson was appointed AMP’s Acting CFO in August 2019.  He will now... Read more continue reading

TAL launches 2020 Risk Academy program

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Leading Australian life insurance specialist, TAL, has today launched the 2020 prospectus for its industry-leading adviser education program, the TAL Risk Academy. Building on the record uptake rates and overwhelmingly positive... Read more continue reading

Charter Hall appoints fund manager for its direct business

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Charter Hall, Australia’s leading property investment management group, is pleased to announce that Miriam Patterson, former Head of Real Assets at Telstra Super, has been appointed as Fund Manager, Charter... Read more continue reading

Topdocs, BGL close the loop for new Fund set ups

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Leading legal document provider Topdocs has, according to director Michael Spakman, ‘closed the loop’ for BGL users when setting up new SMSFs via a newly released integration with Simple Fund... Read more continue reading

FPA responds to draft legislation addressing Royal Commission recommendations

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The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has responded to the Federal Government’s draft legislation released today, which addresses 22 of the recommendations put forward last year by the Financial... Read more continue reading