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Centric Wealth appoints new directors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2007
Independently owned wealth advisory group, Centric Wealth, has reshuffled its board of directors ahead of its planned initial public offering next year. Roger Davis has been appointed chairman with Martin Bloom, David MacKenzie, Alan Schwartz and Russel ...

Bannned AFS planner to appeal

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... we give advice without first finding out exactly what the client's circumstances are," he said. The planning and advisory group said no client suffered a loss and many would have benefited from lower costs had they rolled over their money to the AFS-affiliated ...

King doubles size after buying spree

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
King Financial Services has doubled its size after it acquired two advisory groups with a combined funds under advice (FUA) of $290 million. The Canberra-based company is now one of the largest financial planning firms in the Australian Capital Territory ...

Advisers post record growth

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
There are 1,500 more advisers operating in Australia than this time last year, the biggest jump in nearly four years, according to research from Rainmaker. This translates to there being nearly 18,000 advisers, up 9 per cent in the last 12 months. Rainmaker ...

ABN AMRO Craigs selects Gatekeeper

New Zealand-based advisory group ABN AMRO Craigs has signed up to use Gatekeeper, a new software solution developed by InvestmentLink to cater for new legislation around the KiwiSaver scheme. "With less than five months between the Budget and KiwiSaver ...

ARIA awards Principal $400m mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
... fixed income, Rob da Silva will head up operations, while a trio consisting of Spectrum Asset Management, The Post Advisory Group and Principal Global Investors' fixed income team will direct the international operations. "We are delighted to have ARIA ...

PIS Beijing office a world first

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
Australia's largest financial advisory group, Professional Investment Services (PIS), became the first non-Chinese wealth management service in China last week when it opened its new offices in Beijing. The new company, called Bo Jin, will operate in ...

EQT completes its eastern-seaboard network

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2007
... Entrenching its strategy to become a fully integrated eastern-seaboard trustee and fund services, funds management and advisory group, Equity Trustees (EQT) is holding its first board meeting in Sydney after celebrating the opening of its Brisbane office ...

Aviva snaps up Infocus stake

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2006
Aviva has acquired a 25 per cent stake in the predominantly Queensland based financial advisory group Infocus Wealth Management, adding its 30 offices and $1.2 billion in funds under administration to the Aviva financial services stable. Aviva's chief ...

Profit sharing a win-win for AFS

Advisory group Australian Financial Services (AFS) is growing at a rate of at least 20 practices a year thanks to its highly successful profit sharing model. The Melbourne-based firm has signed up 13 practices since the beginning of the year and AFS ...