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Omniwealth acquires mortgage broker

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
Advisory group Omniwealth has acquired a mortgage broker to meet the firm's future demand in property and finance, as well as add more expertise to the diversified financial services company. Omniwealth group managing director Matthew Kidd said purchasing ...

New Bentleys director to encourage growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... communications." Van Deventer said: "Bentleys NSW have a great reputation and are considered one of the leaders in servicing the SME market. The SME sector is such an important part of the Australian economy, contributing over 90% of Australian GDP. ...

Mercer principal departs for private equity firm

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
A Mercer principal on the global private markets consulting team has departed the company. Sarah Azzi joined Mercer in 2012, having been an investment consultant at Sovereign Investment Research prior to that. She has now become an associate director ...

Wealth division overhauled in latest NAB restructure

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... the second half of calendar year 2016. Business Banking becomes Business and Private Banking and will focus on our priority SME customers. This will bring together the nabBusiness franchise with specialised agriculture, health, government, education ...

Ten-year enterprise tax plan to benefit SMEs

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
Financial advisers and superannuation industry service providers are likely to be the main beneficiaries of company tax cuts in the 2016/17 Budget. From 1 July 2016 the small business tax rate will be lowered to 27.5% and the turnover threshold for ...

BNP and SmartAngels announce Blockchain partnership

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
Global custodian BNP Paribas Securities Services and direct investment platform SmartAngels have signed a strategic crowdfunding partnership for the use of blockchain. The partnership will allow private companies to issue securities on the primary market ...

SME owners urged to streamline their retirement exit strategies

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
... primary source of retirement income. Despite this, only 12% have a documented succession and exit strategy in place. Specialist SME business consultancy GSE says for business owners wanting to pad out retirement funds, a strategic succession and exit ...

Crowe Horwath makes two senior appointments

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... Pascall joins Crowe Horwath from KPMG where he was a tax partner dealing with a broad range of tax issues from international to SME. Prior to this he was the lead tax partner for Energy & Natural Resources (ENR) Queensland, chair of the KPMG national ...

Suncorp appoints new C-suite for restructured business

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
Suncorp has consolidated its separate business channels and appointed nine senior executives to lead the restructured company. The three combined operating business units are now banking and wealth, insurance Australia and insurance New Zealand. This ...

Omniwealth names new COO

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
Diversified financial services group, Omniwealth, has named its new chief operating officer. Atle Crowe-Maxwell will also be director of the company's new business advisory service. In the role he will be responsible for building a business advisory ...