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BT Future2 Wheel Classic hits the road

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
A 1250 km marathon cycle ride from Bourke to Sydney - set to raise $100,000 from the financial planning profession to support disadvantaged young Australians - sets out from Bourke tomorrow and ends in Martin Place on Friday 16 September. Ray Griffin ...

YBR adviser awards announced

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
Fourteen Yellow Brick Road advisers were recognised for their efforts in the 2011 Yellow Brick Road Conference Branch Award Winners. The awards, held at the Sunshine Coast in Queensland on August 18-19, recognised branches working under the Yellow Brick ...

Delaney retires amid MTAA board restructure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... been in charge of MTAA since its inception in 1989, will be found later this year, said MTAA, while long serving directors Bob Allen and Mark Perica will also leave in November. MTAA will begin advertising for replacement directors next week and hopes ...

Hillross acquires $2.2 billion planning group

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... took the business to the market in mid 2010 in "a very structured and disciplined way", advised by Seaview Consulting, led by Bob Neill. The process generated healthy interest with 23 parties taking the information memorandum and eight of those firming ...

Goodnight Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
And so one by one the dominoes are junked. First Greece, then Portugal and now Ireland. That's the order Moody's took them out - one after the other. But what surprised for equity markets was just a ho-hum matter for bond investors. Know why? Just look ...

Sunny side up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... it seems, are now walking on the sunny side of the street -- even Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Australian Greens Party leader Bob Brown.

Get on your bike for charity

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
The 2011 BT Future2 Wheel Classic has opened for registrations and the gauntlet has been thrown down. With a target of $100,000, there are plenty of opportunities for the industry to get involved. The 2011 BT Future2 Wheel Classic will see participants ...

Merged planning groups plot Snowball effect

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... Godfrey, phoned us up and said he thought we were the best fit in town. He had a word with both of us, we had a coffee and bob's your uncle, here we are," said McDonald. The acquisition trail is unlikely to stop here with both firms eager to welcome ...

Advisers aim for independents over FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... said. But the House of Representatives would be in the hands of the independents. "The Coalition together with Tony Crook and Bob Katter has got 74 out of 150 Members of Parliament, so to stall the legislation all we need is one other cross bencher ...

Alpha puts its money where its mouth is

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... Australian and global markets and what to look out for when investing in the Australian and international sharemarkets. Professor Bob Deutsch -KPMG Professor of Taxation, ATAX UNSW will provide a blueprint of the "do's" and "don'ts" for geared investors ...