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Business wary of PE: PwC

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
Businesses are wary of sourcing funding from private equity investors, according to research released today by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The report surveyed 1000 businesses with an annual turnover of between $10 million and $100 million. Of those businesses ...

SFG to close competitive gap

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
Advice group SFG plans to address structural issues in competition with a major expansion as industry dynamics change on current economic and political conditions. Chairman Eric Dodd recently expressed a desire for the Group to treble in size to the ...

Gaps in social media adviser uptake revealed

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
Adviser uptake of social media is on the rise, but gaps still exist in practice use, according to a recent survey by Zurich. While use of tablet devices and social media channels has improved over the past 12 months, the application to business practice ...

Gen Y aiming high: REST

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
The majority of Gen Ys have high aspirations for their futures, with two thirds expecting to work as hard, if not harder than their parents to achieve their desired lifestyle. A new survey by REST Super looks at the "wealth style" of 600 18 to 30 year ...

AMP upgrades online functionality

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
AMP is the latest wealth group to upgrade its online capabilities and introduce new features to its web services, which it said will make it easier for customers to navigate the website and take control of their finances. These features include a series ...

Snowball re-brands for future

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
Merged independent financial advisory groups Snowball and Shadforth are now known as SFG Australia. The name change was approved by shareholders at the group's annual general meeting in Sydney yesterday, after being given the green light by the regulator. ...

MySuper Mythconceptions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
MySuper continues to generate hysteria among some superannuation industry commentators and it's time to remind ourselves what it is and, more importantly, what it is not. MySuper is the government's response within its StrongerSuper reform package to ...

Challenger appoints head of Boutique Partnerships

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
Challenger Limited's funds management business has appointed Cathy Hales as its new General Manager, Boutique Partnerships. Hales joins Challenger from RREEF in New York, where she was Chief Operating Officer, Client Relations. Hales has also worked ...

Asian small caps as emerging markets go mainstream

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
Research house Lonsec expects product providers to move towards frontier markets such as Africa and small cap Asian equities, as emerging markets become more mainstream, a senior analyst said today. Steven Sweeney, senior investment analyst for Lonsec ...

CBA's Norris to retire, Narev replaces

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... on transforming the Group to become Australia's finest financial services organisation and continuing to move that aspiration selectively into Asia," said Narev. "I have had the privilege of working closely with Ralph for over four years and have learnt ...