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Large institution acquires SMSF admin firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
One of Australia's largest financial institutions has acquired a self-managed super fund (SMSF) administration business with over 1,000 funds under administration. AMP SMSF has bought Justsuper, which will continue to operate under its own brand name ...

Blue Sky acquires majority stake in HPS

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
Blue Sky Private Equity has partnered with Partners Group to acquire a majority stake in hospital pharmacy services business HPS. Founded in 1975, HPS provides pharmaceutical products and services to private and public hospitals, oncology facilities ...

Fiducian acquires Chatswood advice firm

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
Fiducian Group has acquired a financial planning firm in Chatswood, on Sydney's North Shore, for $1.25 million. The firm has over $60 million in funds under advice and will be rebranded and integrated into Fiducian's advice network. Commenting on the ...

Findex acquires private wealth firm

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
Findex Group has acquired Melbourne-based accounting and financial advice firm Martin Goodrich & Associates (MGA). MGA will be relocated to the Crowe Horwath's Melbourne offices but will retain its branding "during a transition phase," according to ...

PwC acquires Smorgon family office business

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
PwC has acquired David Smorgon's family office business, Pointmade, in a bid to bolster its family wealth division. Following the acquisition, David Smorgon was appointed executive chairman of PwC's family, business and wealth practice in private clients. ...

Advice firm acquires $1bn accountancy business

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
Aura Group has acquired a majority stake in Accountable Financial Group (AFG), an accountancy firm with a focus on self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and just under $1 billion in assets under advice. Aura Group managing director Calvin Ng said the acquisition ...

IRESS acquires boutique firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
IRESS will embed relevant content for financial advisers and their clients to its wealth management solutions after acquiring a personal finance content provider. Innergi is an Australian-based business that enables financial advice practices and superannuation ...

Henderson acquires IOOF's Perennial

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
Henderson Group has acquired fund manager Perennial Fixed interest Partners and Perennial Growth from IOOF and has increased its stake in a third investment firm. UK-based Henderson has bought all the shares of Perennial Fixed interest Partners and ...

Barrett firm acquires Pride Advice

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
AZ Next Generation Advisory, owned by former ANZ managing director of advice and distribution Paul Barrett, has acquired Pride Advice. Speaking to Financial Standard, Barrett said Pride, with $180 million in assets under management, was appealing because ...

Spring FG acquires robo-advice company

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
Independent licensee Spring FG has acquired Digifi Group, a company specialising in 'robo-advice'. Digifi's websites SharecafA(C) and Sharescene have more than 70,000 members and attract more than 7,000 unique visitors each day. The acquisition more ...