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New players need support to enter financial services: Coles

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... forms a barrier to entry for new players," the submission said. In July 2014, Coles announced a joint venture with GE Capital to provide credit cards and personal loan products, including new payment technologies such as the Coles Mobile Wallet. The ...

ME Bank makes key appointment from GE Capital

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
ME Bank has appointed a former GE Capital risk expert to the position of chief risk officer. Carlo Cataldo spent 13 years with GE Capital, six as the consumer chief risk officer, and will now be tasked with capitalising on the comprehensive credit reporting ...

Crowe Horwath and Findex in acquisition talks

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
Financial Index Wealth Accountants (Findex) is likely to acquire Crowe Horwath after it signed a process agreement to buy all of its shares. This would be Findex's second acquisition after it bought Centric Wealth in January 2013. The two organisations ...

Crowe Horwath to announce buyout proposal

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
Crowe Horwath has requested a trading halt on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and will soon provide an update on discussions regarding acquisition proposals. The company, which changed its name from WHK Group in mid-2013, has reportedly received ...

AMP gives SMSFs access to property and corporate bonds

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
AMP Capital has launched two funds targeting self-managed super fund (SMSF) investors who want to access asset classes that require a large capital outlay. The AMP Capital Wholesale Australian Property Fund and the AMP Capital Corporate Bond Fund are ...

Super fund CEOs compete on breast cancer fundraiser

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
HOSTPLUS chief executive David Elia is the super industry's frontrunner in the race to see who can raise the most money for breast cancer research. As part of Women in Super's Mother's Day Classic - the largest breast cancer research fundraiser in Australia ...

Time to go away?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
Three consecutive down days on the Street have turned the S&P 500 index's 2.3% gain for the year to a 0.2% loss; the Dow's flat (0.02%) performance into a 2.0% loss; and the Nasdaq's positive 2.4% into negative 2.3%. Three down days and suddenly allusions ...

Market Vectors to launch equal weight ETF

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
Market Vectors has announced it will launch a "first of its kind" exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the ASX. The Market Vectors Australian Equal Weight ETF (ASX code: MVW) will provide equally-weighted exposure to the most liquid equities listed on the ...

Ironbridge to acquire 100% of Bravura

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2013
Ironbridge Capital Management (Ironbridge) is set to acquire Bravura Solutions (Bravura), after Bravura shareholders voted in favour of the proposal. At a meeting held yesterday shareholders in Bravura voted in favour of the Ironbridge subsidiary company ...

Bravura directors recommend Ironbridge buyout

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
Bravura Solutions has entered into a scheme implementation agreement with Ironbridge Capital subsidiary company Stockholm Solutions to acquire the entirety of Bravura shares. Ironbridge Capital already owns a significant number of Bravura shares and ...