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Snowball renames planning groups

Financial planning and services provider, Snowball Group, has roped in a number of its businesses and re-branded them under one name and licence, starting from earlier this month. From March 6, the groups formerly known as "CIS", "Aspire", "Dunhill" ...

FPA appoints interim management following Kelly's departure

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has farewelled outgoing CEO, Kerrie Kelly, and looked internally to appoint interim managers to oversee the group's direction. Andrew Miles, chief operating officer (COO) will assume responsibility for the organisation's ...

Macq eyes $150bn rural property as competitive asset class

With its uncanny knack for spotting relatively untapped investment opportunities, Macquarie Bank plans to launch a wholesale fund aimed at the $150 billion rural property sector. The bank has researched the sector for 18 months to find out if its cash ...

Asset Super to upgrade insurance and offer super splitting

Asset Super is set to deliver twice the benefits to its members with plans to revamp its insurance offering and to allow 'contribution splitting', a tax saving strategy for couples. Asset's general manager, John Paul, said the group's insurance outsourcing ...

Sunsuper number two departs

Sunsuper's deputy CIO has left the group after "unforeseen" management changes left the role void. Bev Durston, former deputy CIO of Sunsuper, departed the group at the end of February this year, after only 17 months in the job that she was brought ...

Ord Minnett goes with RBC Dexia

Ord Minnett has appointed RBC Dexia Investor Services as the custodian and investment administrator for its new Enhanced Income Fund. The Enhanced Income Fund, launched on 13 February, aims for strong income returns with a relatively low risk profile. ...

Lonsdale close to 110-planner target, adds risk specialists

Lonsdale Financial Group is on its way to becoming a 110-strong network of financial planning practices in two to three years thanks to its recent spate of additions. "We're pretty close to 80 financial planner firms and there are about 174 advisers ...

Snowball FUA reaches $1.8bn

Listed financial services group Snowball is living up to its name by posting a strong 71 per cent increase in funds under advice, reaching $1.77 billion in the six months ending December 2005. Snowball managing director, Tony McDonald, said that the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly weaker, following a negative lead from Wall Street and some European markets on Friday night. Local resource stocks are also likely to be subdued following mixed base metal prices and a fall in ...

Skandia to grow bigger under Old Mutual

Less than two weeks after Old Mutual bedded down its acquisition of Skandia, Old Mutual's Asia Pacific chief executive Hasan Askari has flagged plans to grow the group's newly acquired Australian operations. "The acquisition of Skandia has been completely ...