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Sargon finds buyer for trustee business

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
Sargon has found a buyer for its trustee and responsible entity businesses, as OneVue and Taiping Trustees chase the ultimate holding company for outstanding payments. Ernst and Young this morning said it has entered into an exclusive sale agreement ...

OneVue recoups $4.36m from Sargon

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
OneVue Holdings has sold Sequoia shares which it took control of earlier this month from a Sargon subsidiary. Now, it's scouting buyers for Madison Financial Group. The Sequoia shares fetched OneVue net proceeds of $4.36 million (or about 18 cents a ...

Where to from here?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... grandfathered clients on its books. Where it had been a seller's market since 2007, within months the final report saw it turn to a buyer's market, Radar Results said. Add to this that just last month the firm said the big four banks are now refusing ...

Millennials not attracted to property

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
Low return expectations may be impacting first home purchases among younger Aussies, with investors turning towards equities and bonds to reap stronger returns. That's according to the latest analysis from Fidelity, which compared real (inflation-adjusted) ...

GROW Super boosts executive leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
... firm continues to move towards becoming a superannuation administration provider. In December the fund was searching for a buyer for its superannuation assets, which stood at $39 million as at 30 June2019. Speaking with Financial Standard at the time ...

Bank of Mum and Dad forking out serious dosh

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
More young Aussies are turning to their parents, the appropriately dubbed 'Bank of Mum and Dad', to help secure equity for a first home deposit, and financial advisers are split on the growing trend. For some, the lucky few, the money for the ...

Gold lifts as US, Iran tensions escalate

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
Fears of escalating tensions between the US and Iran have sent gold skyrocketing to an almost seven-year high, with investors turning to bullion, mining shares and gold-backed ETFs to safeguard their wealth. Fuel was added to gold's fire after US ...

Grow Super hires Qantas Super executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... looks to divest its superannuation business and pivot towards administration services. Grow Super is currently looking for a buyer for its $39 million (as at June end) of superannuation assets. "We are having a couple of active discussions with other ...

Underperformers should not be allowed new members: Silk

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
Australians should not be able to be defaulted into or even be able to choose to enter an underperforming superannuation fund, according to AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk. Appearing before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on ...

Advice practices urged to contact ombudsman

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
... from those small and family enterprises being pushed out by financial advice licensees. Recent news about changes to AMP's Buyer of Last Resort agreements and a class action mounted against AMP Financial Planning appear to have gotten the attention of ...